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 250 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 250 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

250 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 250 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 25 dm

The final result is:

250 cm → 25 dm

We conclude that 250 centimeters is equivalent to 25 decimeters:

250 centimeters = 25 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.04 × 250 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 250 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.04 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

250 cm ≅ 25 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero four times 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