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 240 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 240 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

240 m → L_(dm)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:

L_(dm) = 240 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 2400 dm

The final result is:

240 m → 2400 dm

We conclude that 240 meters is equivalent to 2400 decimeters:

240 meters = 2400 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00041666666666667 × 240 meters.

Another way is saying that 240 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00041666666666667 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred forty meters is approximately two thousand four hundred decimeters:

240 m ≅ 2400 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times two hundred forty 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