Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to decimeters is 3.048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 3.048 decimeters:

1 ft = 3.048 dm

To convert 10.2 feet into decimeters we have to multiply 10.2 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 3.048 dm

10.2 ft → L_(dm)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:

L_(dm) = 10.2 ft × 3.048 dm

L_(dm) = 31.0896 dm

The final result is:

10.2 ft → 31.0896 dm

We conclude that 10.2 feet is equivalent to 31.0896 decimeters:

10.2 feet = 31.0896 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.032165097009933 × 10.2 feet.

Another way is saying that 10.2 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.032165097009933 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that ten point two feet is approximately thirty-one point zero nine decimeters:

10.2 ft ≅ 31.09 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero three two times ten point two feet.

Conversion table

feet to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to decimeters