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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)
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