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 500.5 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 500.5 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

500.5 mm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 500.5 mm × 0.01 dm

L_(dm) = 5.005 dm

The final result is:

500.5 mm → 5.005 dm

We conclude that 500.5 millimeters is equivalent to 5.005 decimeters:

500.5 millimeters = 5.005 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.1998001998002 × 500.5 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 500.5 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.1998001998002 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

500.5 mm ≅ 5.005 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point two times five hundred point five 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