Conversion formula

The conversion factor from millimeters to decimeters is 0.01, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.01 decimeters:

1 mm = 0.01 dm

To convert 2.7 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 2.7 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from millimeters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mm → 0.01 dm

2.7 mm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 2.7 mm × 0.01 dm

L_(dm) = 0.027 dm

The final result is:

2.7 mm → 0.027 dm

We conclude that 2.7 millimeters is equivalent to 0.027 decimeters:

2.7 millimeters = 0.027 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 37.037037037037 × 2.7 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 2.7 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 37.037037037037 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two point seven millimeters is approximately zero point zero two seven decimeters:

2.7 mm ≅ 0.027 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately thirty-seven point zero three seven times two point seven millimeters.

Conversion table

millimeters to decimeters chart

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