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 501 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 501 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

501 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 501 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 50.1 dm

The final result is:

501 cm → 50.1 dm

We conclude that 501 centimeters is equivalent to 50.1 decimeters:

501 centimeters = 50.1 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.019960079840319 × 501 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 501 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.019960079840319 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

501 cm ≅ 50.1 dm

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