700 millimeters in decimeters

Conversion formula

The conversion factor from millimeters to decimeters is 0.01, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.01 decimeters:

1 mm = 0.01 dm

To convert 700 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 700 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from millimeters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mm → 0.01 dm

700 mm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 700 mm × 0.01 dm

L_(dm) = 7 dm

The final result is:

700 mm → 7 dm

We conclude that 700 millimeters is equivalent to 7 decimeters:

700 millimeters = 7 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.14285714285714 × 700 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 700 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.14285714285714 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

700 mm ≅ 7 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point one four three times seven hundred millimeters.

Conversion table

millimeters to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from millimeters to decimeters