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 50 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 50 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
50 m → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 50 m × 10 dm
L(dm) = 500 dm
The final result is:
50 m → 500 dm
We conclude that 50 meters is equivalent to 500 decimeters:
50 meters = 500 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.002 × 50 meters.
Another way is saying that 50 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.002 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty meters is approximately five hundred decimeters:
50 m ≅ 500 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero two times fifty 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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51 meters | 510 decimeters |
52 meters | 520 decimeters |
53 meters | 530 decimeters |
54 meters | 540 decimeters |
55 meters | 550 decimeters |
56 meters | 560 decimeters |
57 meters | 570 decimeters |
58 meters | 580 decimeters |
59 meters | 590 decimeters |
60 meters | 600 decimeters |