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 400 liters into deciliters we have to multiply 400 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

400 L → V_(dL)

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

V_(dL) = 400 L × 10 dL

V_(dL) = 4000 dL

The final result is:

400 L → 4000 dL

We conclude that 400 liters is equivalent to 4000 deciliters:

400 liters = 4000 deciliters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 deciliter is equal to 0.00025 × 400 liters.

Another way is saying that 400 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00025 deciliters.

Approximate result

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

400 L ≅ 4000 dL

An alternative is also that one deciliter is approximately zero times four hundred 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