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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to centimeters is 10, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 10 centimeters:

1 dm = 10 cm

To convert 10 decimeters into centimeters we have to multiply 10 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 10 cm

10 dm → L(cm)

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

L(cm) = 10 dm × 10 cm

L(cm) = 100 cm

The final result is:

10 dm → 100 cm

We conclude that 10 decimeters is equivalent to 100 centimeters:

10 decimeters = 100 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 0.01 × 10 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 10 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.01 centimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that ten decimeters is approximately one hundred centimeters:

10 dm ≅ 100 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero point zero one times ten decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to centimeters chart

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

decimeters (dm) centimeters (cm)
11 decimeters 110 centimeters
12 decimeters 120 centimeters
13 decimeters 130 centimeters
14 decimeters 140 centimeters
15 decimeters 150 centimeters
16 decimeters 160 centimeters
17 decimeters 170 centimeters
18 decimeters 180 centimeters
19 decimeters 190 centimeters
20 decimeters 200 centimeters