Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to decimeters is 9.144, which means that 1 yard is equal to 9.144 decimeters:

1 yd = 9.144 dm

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

1 yd → 9.144 dm

500 yd → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 500 yd × 9.144 dm

L_(dm) = 4572 dm

The final result is:

500 yd → 4572 dm

We conclude that 500 yards is equivalent to 4572 decimeters:

500 yards = 4572 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00021872265966754 × 500 yards.

Another way is saying that 500 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00021872265966754 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred yards is approximately four thousand five hundred seventy-two decimeters:

500 yd ≅ 4572 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times five hundred yards.

Conversion table

yards to decimeters chart

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