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 260 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 260 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

260 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 260 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 26 dm

The final result is:

260 cm → 26 dm

We conclude that 260 centimeters is equivalent to 26 decimeters:

260 centimeters = 26 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.038461538461538 × 260 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 260 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.038461538461538 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

260 cm ≅ 26 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero three eight times two hundred sixty 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