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 480 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 480 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

480 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 480 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 4800 dm

The final result is:

480 m → 4800 dm

We conclude that 480 meters is equivalent to 4800 decimeters:

480 meters = 4800 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00020833333333333 × 480 meters.

Another way is saying that 480 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020833333333333 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

480 m ≅ 4800 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times four hundred eighty 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