Unit Converter
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) |
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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 |