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 508 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 508 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

508 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 508 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 50.8 dm

The final result is:

508 cm → 50.8 dm

We conclude that 508 centimeters is equivalent to 50.8 decimeters:

508 centimeters = 50.8 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.019685039370079 × 508 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 508 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.019685039370079 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

508 cm ≅ 50.8 dm

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