Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to centimeters is 10, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 10 centimeters:

1 dm = 10 cm

To convert 500 decimeters into centimeters we have to multiply 500 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 10 cm

500 dm → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 500 dm × 10 cm

L_(cm) = 5000 cm

The final result is:

500 dm → 5000 cm

We conclude that 500 decimeters is equivalent to 5000 centimeters:

500 decimeters = 5000 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 0.0002 × 500 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 500 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002 centimeters.

Approximate result

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

500 dm ≅ 5000 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times five hundred decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to centimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from decimeters to centimeters