Conversion formula

The conversion factor from liters to deciliters is 10, which means that 1 liter is equal to 10 deciliters:

1 L = 10 dL

To convert 5500 liters into deciliters we have to multiply 5500 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from liters to deciliters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 L → 10 dL

5500 L → V_(dL)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in deciliters:

V_(dL) = 5500 L × 10 dL

V_(dL) = 55000 dL

The final result is:

5500 L → 55000 dL

We conclude that 5500 liters is equivalent to 55000 deciliters:

5500 liters = 55000 deciliters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 deciliter is equal to 1.8181818181818E-5 × 5500 liters.

Another way is saying that 5500 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.8181818181818E-5 deciliters.

Approximate result

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

5500 L ≅ 55000 dL

An alternative is also that one deciliter is approximately zero times five thousand five hundred liters.

Conversion table

liters to deciliters chart

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