Unit Converter
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 42 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 42 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
42 m → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 42 m × 10 dm
L(dm) = 420 dm
The final result is:
42 m → 420 dm
We conclude that 42 meters is equivalent to 420 decimeters:
42 meters = 420 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0023809523809524 × 42 meters.
Another way is saying that 42 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0023809523809524 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-two meters is approximately four hundred twenty decimeters:
42 m ≅ 420 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero two times forty-two 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
meters (m) | decimeters (dm) |
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43 meters | 430 decimeters |
44 meters | 440 decimeters |
45 meters | 450 decimeters |
46 meters | 460 decimeters |
47 meters | 470 decimeters |
48 meters | 480 decimeters |
49 meters | 490 decimeters |
50 meters | 500 decimeters |
51 meters | 510 decimeters |
52 meters | 520 decimeters |