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 720 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 720 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

720 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 720 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 72 dm

The final result is:

720 cm → 72 dm

We conclude that 720 centimeters is equivalent to 72 decimeters:

720 centimeters = 72 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.013888888888889 × 720 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 720 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.013888888888889 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

720 cm ≅ 72 dm

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