Unit Converter
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 27.2 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 27.2 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
27.2 cm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 27.2 cm × 0.1 dm
L(dm) = 2.72 dm
The final result is:
27.2 cm → 2.72 dm
We conclude that 27.2 centimeters is equivalent to 2.72 decimeters:
27.2 centimeters = 2.72 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.36764705882353 × 27.2 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 27.2 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.36764705882353 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty-seven point two centimeters is approximately two point seven two decimeters:
27.2 cm ≅ 2.72 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point three six eight times twenty-seven point two 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
centimeters (cm) | decimeters (dm) |
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28.2 centimeters | 2.82 decimeters |
29.2 centimeters | 2.92 decimeters |
30.2 centimeters | 3.02 decimeters |
31.2 centimeters | 3.12 decimeters |
32.2 centimeters | 3.22 decimeters |
33.2 centimeters | 3.32 decimeters |
34.2 centimeters | 3.42 decimeters |
35.2 centimeters | 3.52 decimeters |
36.2 centimeters | 3.62 decimeters |
37.2 centimeters | 3.72 decimeters |