55 meters in decimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 55 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: 55 ⁢ m = 550 ⁢ dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00181818181818182 times 55 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 55 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.00181818181818182}}$ decimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: fifty-five meters is about five hundred and fifty decimeters, or alternatively, a decimeter is about zero times fifty-five meters.