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 790 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 790 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

790 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 790 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 7900 dm

The final result is:

790 m → 7900 dm

We conclude that 790 meters is equivalent to 7900 decimeters:

790 meters = 7900 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00012658227848101 × 790 meters.

Another way is saying that 790 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012658227848101 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

790 m ≅ 7900 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times seven hundred ninety 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