500 deciliters in liters

Result

The conversion result is: 500 deciliters is equivalent to 50 liters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 500 deciliters to liters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 dl ≈ 0.1 liter.

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

1 dl / 500 dl ≈ 0.1 liter / x liter

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

x liter ≈ (500 dl / 1 dl) * 0.1 liter → x liter ≈ 50.0 liter

Conclusion:

500 dl ≈ 50.0 liter

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 liter is equal to 0.02 times 500 deciliters.

It can also be expressed as: 500 deciliters is equal to 1 / 0.02 liters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five hundred deciliters is about zero liters, or alternatively, a liter is about zero times five hundred deciliters.