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 740 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 740 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

740 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 740 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 74 dm

The final result is:

740 cm → 74 dm

We conclude that 740 centimeters is equivalent to 74 decimeters:

740 centimeters = 74 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.013513513513514 × 740 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 740 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.013513513513514 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

740 cm ≅ 74 dm

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