238 meters in decimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 238 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: 238 ⁢ m = 2380 ⁢ dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.000420168067226891 times 238 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 238 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.000420168067226891}}$ decimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: two hundred and thirty-eight meters is about two thousand, three hundred and eighty decimeters, or alternatively, a decimeter is about zero times two hundred and thirty-eight meters.