Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from meters to decimeters is 10, which means that 1 meter is equal to 10 decimeters:
1 m = 10 dm
To convert 200 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 200 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from meters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 m → 10 dm
200 m → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 200 m × 10 dm
L(dm) = 2000 dm
The final result is:
200 m → 2000 dm
We conclude that 200 meters is equivalent to 2000 decimeters:
200 meters = 2000 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0005 × 200 meters.
Another way is saying that 200 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0005 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred meters is approximately two thousand decimeters:
200 m ≅ 2000 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times two hundred meters.
Conversion table
meters to decimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from meters to decimeters
meters (m) | decimeters (dm) |
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201 meters | 2010 decimeters |
202 meters | 2020 decimeters |
203 meters | 2030 decimeters |
204 meters | 2040 decimeters |
205 meters | 2050 decimeters |
206 meters | 2060 decimeters |
207 meters | 2070 decimeters |
208 meters | 2080 decimeters |
209 meters | 2090 decimeters |
210 meters | 2100 decimeters |