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 1250 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 1250 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

1250 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 1250 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 125 dm

The final result is:

1250 cm → 125 dm

We conclude that 1250 centimeters is equivalent to 125 decimeters:

1250 centimeters = 125 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.008 × 1250 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1250 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.008 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

1250 cm ≅ 125 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero eight times one thousand two hundred fifty 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