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 830 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 830 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

830 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 830 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 8300 dm

The final result is:

830 m → 8300 dm

We conclude that 830 meters is equivalent to 8300 decimeters:

830 meters = 8300 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00012048192771084 × 830 meters.

Another way is saying that 830 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012048192771084 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

830 m ≅ 8300 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times eight hundred thirty 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