Unit Converter
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 28 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 28 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
28 cm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 28 cm × 0.1 dm
L(dm) = 2.8 dm
The final result is:
28 cm → 2.8 dm
We conclude that 28 centimeters is equivalent to 2.8 decimeters:
28 centimeters = 2.8 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.35714285714286 × 28 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 28 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.35714285714286 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty-eight centimeters is approximately two point eight decimeters:
28 cm ≅ 2.8 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point three five seven times twenty-eight 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
centimeters (cm) | decimeters (dm) |
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29 centimeters | 2.9 decimeters |
30 centimeters | 3 decimeters |
31 centimeters | 3.1 decimeters |
32 centimeters | 3.2 decimeters |
33 centimeters | 3.3 decimeters |
34 centimeters | 3.4 decimeters |
35 centimeters | 3.5 decimeters |
36 centimeters | 3.6 decimeters |
37 centimeters | 3.7 decimeters |
38 centimeters | 3.8 decimeters |