48 meters in decimeters

Result

The conversion result is: 48 meters is equivalent to 480 decimeters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 48 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 / 48 m = 10 dm / x dm

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

x dm = (48 m / 1 m) * 10 dm → x dm = 480 dm

Conclusion:

48 m = 480 dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00208333333333333 times 48 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 48 meters is equal to 1 / 0.00208333333333333 decimeters.

Approximation

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