it is like a meter
No it isn't you gave the poor person the wrong answer! They are probably trying to research for a project and you gave wrong answer. I am sorry it is not like a meter. It is actually 1 tenth of a meter which is ten centimeters. Not at all like a meter, people. It is ten centimeters. Plus, the question was HOW MUCH is a decimeter, not what it is LIKE! Okay, hope the answer helps, cuz its 4rm Answers, the world's biggest Q&A web!
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There are 10 decimeters in a meter and 100 meters in a hectometer, so there are 1000 decimeters in a hectometer.
Cubic decimeters (dm3) and liters are equal measures of volume: 8.0 cubic decimeters equals 8.0 liters.
You could measure lengths of small objects like a pen or bookshelf in decimeters. Decimeters are one-tenth of a meter, so they are useful for measuring lengths that are between centimeters and meters.
20 decimeters 200 centimeters 2000 milimeters
Decimeters are units of length and grams are units of mass, so there is no direct conversion between the two. You would need additional information, like the density of the substance being measured, in order to convert decimeters to grams.
100 decimeters is 32.81 feet.
1 yard = 9.14400 decimeters.
1 inch is 0.25 decimeters.
4 feet = 12.192 decimeters.
7 decimeters is 700 millimeters.
10.2 meters is 102 decimeters.
ten decimeters is one meter, or 100 centimeters.
12 decimeters is 3 feet and 11.24 inches.
1 meter = 10 decimeters.
28 decimeters is 9 feet and 2.24 inches.
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1 meter is 10 decimeters. 1 meter is 1000 millimeters. To get from decimeters to millimeters you need to multiply by 100, so 2 decimeters = 200 millimeters.