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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 27 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 27 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

27 mm → L(dm)

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

L(dm) = 27 mm × 0.01 dm

L(dm) = 0.27 dm

The final result is:

27 mm → 0.27 dm

We conclude that 27 millimeters is equivalent to 0.27 decimeters:

27 millimeters = 0.27 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 3.7037037037037 × 27 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 27 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 3.7037037037037 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

27 mm ≅ 0.27 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately three point seven zero four times twenty-seven 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

millimeters (mm) decimeters (dm)
28 millimeters 0.28 decimeters
29 millimeters 0.29 decimeters
30 millimeters 0.3 decimeters
31 millimeters 0.31 decimeters
32 millimeters 0.32 decimeters
33 millimeters 0.33 decimeters
34 millimeters 0.34 decimeters
35 millimeters 0.35 decimeters
36 millimeters 0.36 decimeters
37 millimeters 0.37 decimeters