Conversion formula

The conversion factor from liters to deciliters is 10, which means that 1 liter is equal to 10 deciliters:

1 L = 10 dL

To convert 397.2 liters into deciliters we have to multiply 397.2 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from liters to deciliters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 L → 10 dL

397.2 L → V_(dL)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in deciliters:

V_(dL) = 397.2 L × 10 dL

V_(dL) = 3972 dL

The final result is:

397.2 L → 3972 dL

We conclude that 397.2 liters is equivalent to 3972 deciliters:

397.2 liters = 3972 deciliters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 deciliter is equal to 0.00025176233635448 × 397.2 liters.

Another way is saying that 397.2 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00025176233635448 deciliters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three hundred ninety-seven point two liters is approximately three thousand nine hundred seventy-two deciliters:

397.2 L ≅ 3972 dL

An alternative is also that one deciliter is approximately zero times three hundred ninety-seven point two liters.

Conversion table

liters to deciliters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from liters to deciliters