Conversion formula

The conversion factor from deciliters to liters is 0.1, which means that 1 deciliter is equal to 0.1 liters:

1 dL = 0.1 L

To convert 4000 deciliters into liters we have to multiply 4000 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from deciliters to liters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dL → 0.1 L

4000 dL → V_(L)

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

V_(L) = 4000 dL × 0.1 L

V_(L) = 400 L

The final result is:

4000 dL → 400 L

We conclude that 4000 deciliters is equivalent to 400 liters:

4000 deciliters = 400 liters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 liter is equal to 0.0025 × 4000 deciliters.

Another way is saying that 4000 deciliters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0025 liters.

Approximate result

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

4000 dL ≅ 400 L

An alternative is also that one liter is approximately zero point zero zero three times four thousand deciliters.

Conversion table

deciliters to liters chart

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