Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from millimeters to decimeters is 0.01, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.01 decimeters:
1 mm = 0.01 dm
To convert 200 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 200 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from millimeters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 mm → 0.01 dm
200 mm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 200 mm × 0.01 dm
L(dm) = 2 dm
The final result is:
200 mm → 2 dm
We conclude that 200 millimeters is equivalent to 2 decimeters:
200 millimeters = 2 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.5 × 200 millimeters.
Another way is saying that 200 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.5 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred millimeters is approximately two decimeters:
200 mm ≅ 2 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point five times two hundred millimeters.
Conversion table
millimeters to decimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from millimeters to decimeters
millimeters (mm) | decimeters (dm) |
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201 millimeters | 2.01 decimeters |
202 millimeters | 2.02 decimeters |
203 millimeters | 2.03 decimeters |
204 millimeters | 2.04 decimeters |
205 millimeters | 2.05 decimeters |
206 millimeters | 2.06 decimeters |
207 millimeters | 2.07 decimeters |
208 millimeters | 2.08 decimeters |
209 millimeters | 2.09 decimeters |
210 millimeters | 2.1 decimeters |