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 200 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 200 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

200 mm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 200 mm × 0.01 dm

L_(dm) = 2 dm

The final result is:

200 mm → 2 dm

We conclude that 200 millimeters is equivalent to 2 decimeters:

200 millimeters = 2 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.5 × 200 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 200 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.5 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

200 mm ≅ 2 dm

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