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 270 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 270 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

270 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 270 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 27 dm

The final result is:

270 cm → 27 dm

We conclude that 270 centimeters is equivalent to 27 decimeters:

270 centimeters = 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 0.037037037037037 × 270 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 270 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.037037037037037 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

270 cm ≅ 27 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero three seven times two hundred seventy 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