Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to yards is 0.10936132983377, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.10936132983377 yards:

1 dm = 0.10936132983377 yd

To convert 42 decimeters into yards we have to multiply 42 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.10936132983377 yd

42 dm → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 42 dm × 0.10936132983377 yd

L_(yd) = 4.5931758530184 yd

The final result is:

42 dm → 4.5931758530184 yd

We conclude that 42 decimeters is equivalent to 4.5931758530184 yards:

42 decimeters = 4.5931758530184 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.21771428571429 × 42 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 42 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.21771428571429 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-two decimeters is approximately four point five nine three yards:

42 dm ≅ 4.593 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point two one eight times forty-two decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to yards chart

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