980 centiliters in deciliters
Result
The conversion result is: 980 centiliters is equivalent to 98 deciliters.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 980 centiliters to deciliters?
We know (by definition) that: 1 centiliter ≈ 0.1 dl.
We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of deciliters.
1 centiliter / 980 centiliter ≈ 0.1 dl / x dl
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x dl ≈ (980 centiliter / 1 centiliter) * 0.1 dl → x dl ≈ 98.0 dl
Conclusion:
980 centiliter ≈ 98.0 dl

Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 deciliter is equal to 0.0102040816326531 times 980 centiliters.
It can also be expressed as: 980 centiliters is equal to 1 / 0.0102040816326531 deciliters.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: nine hundred and eighty centiliters is about zero deciliters, or alternatively, a deciliter is about zero point zero one times nine hundred and eighty centiliters.
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.