120 decimeters in meters

Conversion formula
How to convert 120 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: 120 ⁢ dm = 12.0 ⁢ m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 0.0833333333333333 times 120 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 120 decimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0833333333333333}}$ meters.

Approximation

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