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 48 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 48 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

48 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 48 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 480 dm

The final result is:

48 m → 480 dm

We conclude that 48 meters is equivalent to 480 decimeters:

48 meters = 480 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0020833333333333 × 48 meters.

Another way is saying that 48 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0020833333333333 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-eight meters is approximately four hundred eighty decimeters:

48 m ≅ 480 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero two times forty-eight 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