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 3000 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 3000 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

3000 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 3000 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 300 dm

The final result is:

3000 cm → 300 dm

We conclude that 3000 centimeters is equivalent to 300 decimeters:

3000 centimeters = 300 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0033333333333333 × 3000 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 3000 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0033333333333333 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand centimeters is approximately three hundred decimeters:

3000 cm ≅ 300 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero three times three thousand 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