Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to meters is 0.1, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.1 meters:

1 dm = 0.1 m

To convert 500 decimeters into meters we have to multiply 500 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.1 m

500 dm → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 500 dm × 0.1 m

L_(m) = 50 m

The final result is:

500 dm → 50 m

We conclude that 500 decimeters is equivalent to 50 meters:

500 decimeters = 50 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.02 × 500 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 500 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.02 meters.

Approximate result

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

500 dm ≅ 50 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero two times five hundred decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to meters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from decimeters to meters