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 50 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 50 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

50 mm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 50 mm × 0.01 dm

L_(dm) = 0.5 dm

The final result is:

50 mm → 0.5 dm

We conclude that 50 millimeters is equivalent to 0.5 decimeters:

50 millimeters = 0.5 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 2 × 50 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 50 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 2 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty millimeters is approximately zero point five decimeters:

50 mm ≅ 0.5 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately two times fifty 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