Unit Converter
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 72 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 72 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
72 m → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 72 m × 10 dm
L(dm) = 720 dm
The final result is:
72 m → 720 dm
We conclude that 72 meters is equivalent to 720 decimeters:
72 meters = 720 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0013888888888889 × 72 meters.
Another way is saying that 72 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0013888888888889 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventy-two meters is approximately seven hundred twenty decimeters:
72 m ≅ 720 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times seventy-two 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) |
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73 meters | 730 decimeters |
74 meters | 740 decimeters |
75 meters | 750 decimeters |
76 meters | 760 decimeters |
77 meters | 770 decimeters |
78 meters | 780 decimeters |
79 meters | 790 decimeters |
80 meters | 800 decimeters |
81 meters | 810 decimeters |
82 meters | 820 decimeters |