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 850 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 850 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

850 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 850 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 85 dm

The final result is:

850 cm → 85 dm

We conclude that 850 centimeters is equivalent to 85 decimeters:

850 centimeters = 85 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.011764705882353 × 850 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 850 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.011764705882353 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight hundred fifty centimeters is approximately eighty-five decimeters:

850 cm ≅ 85 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero one two times eight hundred fifty 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