5 decimeters in millimeters


Conversion

5 decimeters is equivalent to 500 millimeters.[1]


Conversion formula
How to convert 5 decimeters to millimeters?

We know (by definition) that: 1dm = 100mm

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of millimeters.

1 dm 5 dm = 100 mm x mm

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x mm = 5 dm 1 dm * 100 mm x mm = 500 mm

Conclusion: 5 dm = 500 mm


5 decimeters is equivalent to 500 millimeters

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.002 times 5 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 5 decimeters is equal to 1 0.002 millimeters.


Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five decimeters is about five hundred millimeters, or alternatively, a millimeter is about zero times five decimeters.



Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.

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