Unit Converter
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 79 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 79 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
79 cm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 79 cm × 0.1 dm
L(dm) = 7.9 dm
The final result is:
79 cm → 7.9 dm
We conclude that 79 centimeters is equivalent to 7.9 decimeters:
79 centimeters = 7.9 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.12658227848101 × 79 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 79 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.12658227848101 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventy-nine centimeters is approximately seven point nine decimeters:
79 cm ≅ 7.9 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point one two seven times seventy-nine 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
centimeters (cm) | decimeters (dm) |
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80 centimeters | 8 decimeters |
81 centimeters | 8.1 decimeters |
82 centimeters | 8.2 decimeters |
83 centimeters | 8.3 decimeters |
84 centimeters | 8.4 decimeters |
85 centimeters | 8.5 decimeters |
86 centimeters | 8.6 decimeters |
87 centimeters | 8.7 decimeters |
88 centimeters | 8.8 decimeters |
89 centimeters | 8.9 decimeters |