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 980 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 980 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

980 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 980 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 98 dm

The final result is:

980 cm → 98 dm

We conclude that 980 centimeters is equivalent to 98 decimeters:

980 centimeters = 98 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.010204081632653 × 980 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 980 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.010204081632653 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

980 cm ≅ 98 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero one times nine hundred eighty 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