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 600 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 600 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

600 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 600 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 60 dm

The final result is:

600 cm → 60 dm

We conclude that 600 centimeters is equivalent to 60 decimeters:

600 centimeters = 60 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.016666666666667 × 600 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 600 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.016666666666667 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

600 cm ≅ 60 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero one seven times six hundred 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