Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from millimeters to decimeters is 0.01, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.01 decimeters:
1 mm = 0.01 dm
To convert 0.1 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 0.1 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from millimeters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 mm → 0.01 dm
0.1 mm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 0.1 mm × 0.01 dm
L(dm) = 0.001 dm
The final result is:
0.1 mm → 0.001 dm
We conclude that 0.1 millimeters is equivalent to 0.001 decimeters:
0.1 millimeters = 0.001 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 1000 × 0.1 millimeters.
Another way is saying that 0.1 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1000 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that zero point one millimeters is approximately zero point zero zero one decimeters:
0.1 mm ≅ 0.001 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately one thousand times zero point one millimeters.
Conversion table
millimeters to decimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from millimeters to decimeters
millimeters (mm) | decimeters (dm) |
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1.1 millimeters | 0.011 decimeters |
2.1 millimeters | 0.021 decimeters |
3.1 millimeters | 0.031 decimeters |
4.1 millimeters | 0.041 decimeters |
5.1 millimeters | 0.051 decimeters |
6.1 millimeters | 0.061 decimeters |
7.1 millimeters | 0.071 decimeters |
8.1 millimeters | 0.081 decimeters |
9.1 millimeters | 0.091 decimeters |
10.1 millimeters | 0.101 decimeters |