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 520 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 520 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

520 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 520 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 52 dm

The final result is:

520 cm → 52 dm

We conclude that 520 centimeters is equivalent to 52 decimeters:

520 centimeters = 52 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.019230769230769 × 520 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 520 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.019230769230769 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

520 cm ≅ 52 dm

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