490 centiliters in deciliters
Result
The conversion result is: 490 centiliters is equivalent to 49 deciliters.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 490 centiliters to deciliters?
We know (by definition) that: 1 centiliter ≈ 0.1 dl.
We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of deciliters.
1 centiliter / 490 centiliter ≈ 0.1 dl / x dl
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x dl ≈ (490 centiliter / 1 centiliter) * 0.1 dl → x dl ≈ 49.0 dl
Conclusion:
490 centiliter ≈ 49.0 dl

Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 deciliter is equal to 0.0204081632653061 times 490 centiliters.
It can also be expressed as: 490 centiliters is equal to 1 / 0.0204081632653061 deciliters.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: four hundred and ninety centiliters is about zero deciliters, or alternatively, a deciliter is about zero point zero two times four hundred and ninety centiliters.
Footnotes
[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).
Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.