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 272 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 272 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

272 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 272 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 27.2 dm

The final result is:

272 cm → 27.2 dm

We conclude that 272 centimeters is equivalent to 27.2 decimeters:

272 centimeters = 27.2 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.036764705882353 × 272 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 272 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.036764705882353 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

272 cm ≅ 27.2 dm

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