42 meters in decimeters

Result

The conversion result is: 42 meters is equivalent to 420 decimeters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 42 meters to decimeters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 m = 10 dm.

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

1 m / 42 m = 10 dm / x dm

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

x dm = (42 m / 1 m) * 10 dm → x dm = 420 dm

Conclusion:

42 m = 420 dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00238095238095238 times 42 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 42 meters is equal to 1 / 0.00238095238095238 decimeters.

Approximation

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