342 meters in decimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 342 meters to decimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{m}=10\mathrm{dm}$

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of decimeters.

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown $x$:

Conclusion: 342 ⁢ m = 3420 ⁢ dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.000292397660818713 times 342 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 342 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.000292397660818713}}$ decimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: three hundred and forty-two meters is about three thousand, four hundred and twenty decimeters, or alternatively, a decimeter is about zero times three hundred and forty-two meters.