A decimetre is a measure of length or distance in 1-dimensional space while a cubic metre is a measure of volume in 3-dimensional space. The two measure different things and, according to basic principles of dimensional analysis, any attempt at conversion from one to the other is fundamentally flawed.
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A deci is 1/10 of the base. In this case the base is a meter. There are 10 dm in a m so there is 1/10 of a meter in a decimeter.
There are 10 cm in a dm and so a decimeter is 1/10 of a meter
There is 1 kilolitre in one cubic metre.
1 cubic meter = 1 kilolitre
1 meter is equivalent to 10 decimeters, so 1 meter is larger than 12 decimeters. 1 meter is equal to 100 centimeters, while 12 decimeters is equal to 120 centimeters. Therefore, 1 meter is larger than 12 decimeters.