Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to yards is 0.10936132983377, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.10936132983377 yards:

1 dm = 0.10936132983377 yd

To convert 500 decimeters into yards we have to multiply 500 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.10936132983377 yd

500 dm → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 500 dm × 0.10936132983377 yd

L_(yd) = 54.680664916885 yd

The final result is:

500 dm → 54.680664916885 yd

We conclude that 500 decimeters is equivalent to 54.680664916885 yards:

500 decimeters = 54.680664916885 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.018288 × 500 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 500 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.018288 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred decimeters is approximately fifty-four point six eight one yards:

500 dm ≅ 54.681 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point zero one eight times five hundred decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to yards chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from decimeters to yards