A decimeter is 1/10 of a meter = 10 cm, so 40 cm = 4 decimeters
400 centimeters
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a decimeter equals ten centimeters, so four decimeters equals forty centimeters
5 centimeters=0.5 decimeters
There are 100 centimeters per meter and 10 decimeters per meter. This makes 8 decimeters equal to .8 meters, which equals 80 centimeters.
4 decimetres = 40 centimetres
There are 10 centimeters in a decimeters. To solve for the answer to how many centimeters there are in 853 decimeters, you would multiply 853 by 10 and the answer would be 8530 centimeters.
2 decimeters=20 centimeters
There are 50 decimeters in 500 centimeters
3.5 Decimeters = 35 Centimeters
17 centimeters = 1.7 decimeters
24 decimeters = 240 centimeters