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 9800 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 9800 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

9800 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 9800 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 980 dm

The final result is:

9800 cm → 980 dm

We conclude that 9800 centimeters is equivalent to 980 decimeters:

9800 centimeters = 980 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0010204081632653 × 9800 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 9800 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0010204081632653 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

9800 cm ≅ 980 dm

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