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 500 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 500 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

500 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 500 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 50 dm

The final result is:

500 cm → 50 dm

We conclude that 500 centimeters is equivalent to 50 decimeters:

500 centimeters = 50 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.02 × 500 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 500 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.02 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

500 cm ≅ 50 dm

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