5 inches in decimeters

Result

The conversion result is: 5 inches is equivalent to 1.27 decimeters.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 inches to decimeters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 in = 0.254 dm.

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

1 in / 5 in = 0.254 dm / x dm

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

x dm = (5 in / 1 in) * 0.254 dm → x dm = 1.27 dm

Conclusion:

5 in = 1.27 dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.78740157480315 times 5 inches.

It can also be expressed as: 5 inches is equal to 1 / 0.78740157480315 decimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five inches is about zero decimeters, or alternatively, a decimeter is about zero point seven nine times five inches.

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.