'deci' is a prefix meaning 1/10 or 0.1.
'milli' is a prefix meaning 1/1000 or 0.001.
1 decimetre (dm) = 0.1 m
40 dm = 40 × 0.1 m = 4 m
1 millimetre (mm) = 0.001 m
Therefore, 1 m = 1000 mm
40 dm / 1 mm
= 4 m / 0.001 m
= 4000 mm
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40 decimeters is 4 meters.
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There are 40 meters in 400 decimeters. This is because 1 decimeter is equal to 0.1 meters, so to convert 400 dm to meters, you would multiply 400 by 0.1.
With 10 decimeters to a meter, 4 meters is 40 decimeters, which is a lot less than 400 decimeters.
I decimetre = 10 centimetres so 4 dm = 4*10 = 40 cm. Simple!