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 800 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 800 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
800 cm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 800 cm × 0.1 dm
L(dm) = 80 dm
The final result is:
800 cm → 80 dm
We conclude that 800 centimeters is equivalent to 80 decimeters:
800 centimeters = 80 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0125 × 800 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 800 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0125 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight hundred centimeters is approximately eighty decimeters:
800 cm ≅ 80 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero one three times eight 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
centimeters (cm) | decimeters (dm) |
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801 centimeters | 80.1 decimeters |
802 centimeters | 80.2 decimeters |
803 centimeters | 80.3 decimeters |
804 centimeters | 80.4 decimeters |
805 centimeters | 80.5 decimeters |
806 centimeters | 80.6 decimeters |
807 centimeters | 80.7 decimeters |
808 centimeters | 80.8 decimeters |
809 centimeters | 80.9 decimeters |
810 centimeters | 81 decimeters |