118 meters in decimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 118 meters to decimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{m}=10\mathrm{dm}$

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

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

Conclusion: 118 ⁢ m = 1180 ⁢ dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.000847457627118644 times 118 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 118 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.000847457627118644}}$ decimeters.

Approximation

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