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 797 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 797 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

797 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 797 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 7970 dm

The final result is:

797 m → 7970 dm

We conclude that 797 meters is equivalent to 7970 decimeters:

797 meters = 7970 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00012547051442911 × 797 meters.

Another way is saying that 797 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012547051442911 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

797 m ≅ 7970 dm

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