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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to millimeters is 100, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 100 millimeters:

1 dm = 100 mm

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

1 dm → 100 mm

500 dm → L(mm)

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

L(mm) = 500 dm × 100 mm

L(mm) = 50000 mm

The final result is:

500 dm → 50000 mm

We conclude that 500 decimeters is equivalent to 50000 millimeters:

500 decimeters = 50000 millimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 millimeter is equal to 2.0E-5 × 500 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 500 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0E-5 millimeters.

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 fifty thousand millimeters:

500 dm ≅ 50000 mm

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

Conversion table

decimeters to millimeters chart

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

decimeters (dm) millimeters (mm)
501 decimeters 50100 millimeters
502 decimeters 50200 millimeters
503 decimeters 50300 millimeters
504 decimeters 50400 millimeters
505 decimeters 50500 millimeters
506 decimeters 50600 millimeters
507 decimeters 50700 millimeters
508 decimeters 50800 millimeters
509 decimeters 50900 millimeters
510 decimeters 51000 millimeters