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 490 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 490 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

490 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 490 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 4900 dm

The final result is:

490 m → 4900 dm

We conclude that 490 meters is equivalent to 4900 decimeters:

490 meters = 4900 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00020408163265306 × 490 meters.

Another way is saying that 490 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020408163265306 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

490 m ≅ 4900 dm

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