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 38.5 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 38.5 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

38.5 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 38.5 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 385 dm

The final result is:

38.5 m → 385 dm

We conclude that 38.5 meters is equivalent to 385 decimeters:

38.5 meters = 385 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0025974025974026 × 38.5 meters.

Another way is saying that 38.5 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0025974025974026 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that thirty-eight point five meters is approximately three hundred eighty-five decimeters:

38.5 m ≅ 385 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero three times thirty-eight point five 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