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 700 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 700 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

700 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 700 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 70 dm

The final result is:

700 cm → 70 dm

We conclude that 700 centimeters is equivalent to 70 decimeters:

700 centimeters = 70 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.014285714285714 × 700 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 700 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.014285714285714 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

700 cm ≅ 70 dm

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