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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 7 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 7 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

7 m → L(dm)

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

L(dm) = 7 m × 10 dm

L(dm) = 70 dm

The final result is:

7 m → 70 dm

We conclude that 7 meters is equivalent to 70 decimeters:

7 meters = 70 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.014285714285714 × 7 meters.

Another way is saying that 7 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.014285714285714 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

7 m ≅ 70 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero one four times seven 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)
8 meters 80 decimeters
9 meters 90 decimeters
10 meters 100 decimeters
11 meters 110 decimeters
12 meters 120 decimeters
13 meters 130 decimeters
14 meters 140 decimeters
15 meters 150 decimeters
16 meters 160 decimeters
17 meters 170 decimeters