1000 decimeters in meters

Conversion formula
How to convert 1000 decimeters to meters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{dm}=0.1\mathrm{m}$

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

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

Conclusion: 1000 ⁢ dm = 100.0 ⁢ m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 0.01 times 1000 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 1000 decimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.01}}$ meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: one thousand decimeters is about one hundred meters, or alternatively, a meter is about zero times one thousand decimeters.