Conversion formula

The conversion factor from inches to decimeters is 0.254, which means that 1 inch is equal to 0.254 decimeters:

1 in = 0.254 dm

To convert 27 inches into decimeters we have to multiply 27 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from inches to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 in → 0.254 dm

27 in → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 27 in × 0.254 dm

L_(dm) = 6.858 dm

The final result is:

27 in → 6.858 dm

We conclude that 27 inches is equivalent to 6.858 decimeters:

27 inches = 6.858 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.14581510644503 × 27 inches.

Another way is saying that 27 inches is equal to 1 ÷ 0.14581510644503 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty-seven inches is approximately six point eight five eight decimeters:

27 in ≅ 6.858 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point one four six times twenty-seven inches.

Conversion table

inches to decimeters chart

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