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 1720 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 1720 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

1720 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 1720 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 172 dm

The final result is:

1720 cm → 172 dm

We conclude that 1720 centimeters is equivalent to 172 decimeters:

1720 centimeters = 172 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0058139534883721 × 1720 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1720 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0058139534883721 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

1720 cm ≅ 172 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero six times one thousand seven hundred twenty 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