Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to decimeters is 0.1, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.1 decimeters:

1 cm = 0.1 dm

To convert 125 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 125 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 0.1 dm

125 cm → L_(dm)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:

L_(dm) = 125 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 12.5 dm

The final result is:

125 cm → 12.5 dm

We conclude that 125 centimeters is equivalent to 12.5 decimeters:

125 centimeters = 12.5 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.08 × 125 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 125 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.08 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred twenty-five centimeters is approximately twelve point five decimeters:

125 cm ≅ 12.5 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero eight times one hundred twenty-five centimeters.

Conversion table

centimeters to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from centimeters to decimeters