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 5 decimeters into yards we have to multiply 5 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

5 dm → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 5 dm × 0.10936132983377 yd

L_(yd) = 0.54680664916885 yd

The final result is:

5 dm → 0.54680664916885 yd

We conclude that 5 decimeters is equivalent to 0.54680664916885 yards:

5 decimeters = 0.54680664916885 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 1.8288 × 5 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 5 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.8288 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five decimeters is approximately zero point five four seven yards:

5 dm ≅ 0.547 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately one point eight two nine times five 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