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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 997 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 997 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

997 m → L(dm)

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

L(dm) = 997 m × 10 dm

L(dm) = 9970 dm

The final result is:

997 m → 9970 dm

We conclude that 997 meters is equivalent to 9970 decimeters:

997 meters = 9970 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00010030090270812 × 997 meters.

Another way is saying that 997 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010030090270812 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

997 m ≅ 9970 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times nine 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

meters (m) decimeters (dm)
998 meters 9980 decimeters
999 meters 9990 decimeters
1000 meters 10000 decimeters
1001 meters 10010 decimeters
1002 meters 10020 decimeters
1003 meters 10030 decimeters
1004 meters 10040 decimeters
1005 meters 10050 decimeters
1006 meters 10060 decimeters
1007 meters 10070 decimeters