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 5000 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 5000 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

5000 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 5000 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 500 dm

The final result is:

5000 cm → 500 dm

We conclude that 5000 centimeters is equivalent to 500 decimeters:

5000 centimeters = 500 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.002 × 5000 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 5000 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.002 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

5000 cm ≅ 500 dm

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