27 decimeters in millimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 27 decimeters to millimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{dm}=100\mathrm{mm}$

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

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

Conclusion: 27 ⁢ dm = 2700 ⁢ mm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.00037037037037037 times 27 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 27 decimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.00037037037037037}}$ millimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: twenty-seven decimeters is about two thousand, seven hundred millimeters, or alternatively, a millimeter is about zero times twenty-seven decimeters.