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 170 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 170 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

170 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 170 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 17 dm

The final result is:

170 cm → 17 dm

We conclude that 170 centimeters is equivalent to 17 decimeters:

170 centimeters = 17 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.058823529411765 × 170 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 170 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.058823529411765 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred seventy centimeters is approximately seventeen decimeters:

170 cm ≅ 17 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero five nine times one hundred seventy 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