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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 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)
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