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 742 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 742 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
742 m → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 742 m × 10 dm
L(dm) = 7420 dm
The final result is:
742 m → 7420 dm
We conclude that 742 meters is equivalent to 7420 decimeters:
742 meters = 7420 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00013477088948787 × 742 meters.
Another way is saying that 742 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00013477088948787 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven hundred forty-two meters is approximately seven thousand four hundred twenty decimeters:
742 m ≅ 7420 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times seven hundred forty-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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743 meters | 7430 decimeters |
744 meters | 7440 decimeters |
745 meters | 7450 decimeters |
746 meters | 7460 decimeters |
747 meters | 7470 decimeters |
748 meters | 7480 decimeters |
749 meters | 7490 decimeters |
750 meters | 7500 decimeters |
751 meters | 7510 decimeters |
752 meters | 7520 decimeters |