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 397 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 397 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

397 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 397 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 3970 dm

The final result is:

397 m → 3970 dm

We conclude that 397 meters is equivalent to 3970 decimeters:

397 meters = 3970 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00025188916876574 × 397 meters.

Another way is saying that 397 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00025188916876574 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

397 m ≅ 3970 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times three hundred ninety-seven 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