5 meters in decimeters

Result

The conversion result is: 5 meters is equivalent to 50 decimeters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 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 / 5 m = 10 dm / x dm

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

x dm = (5 m / 1 m) * 10 dm → x dm = 50 dm

Conclusion:

5 m = 50 dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.02 times 5 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 5 meters is equal to 1 / 0.02 decimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five meters is about zero decimeters, or alternatively, a decimeter is about zero times five meters.