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 5000 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 5000 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

5000 mm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 5000 mm × 0.01 dm

L_(dm) = 50 dm

The final result is:

5000 mm → 50 dm

We conclude that 5000 millimeters is equivalent to 50 decimeters:

5000 millimeters = 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 × 5000 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 5000 millimeters 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 thousand millimeters is approximately fifty decimeters:

5000 mm ≅ 50 dm

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