Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from decimeters to millimeters is 100, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 100 millimeters:
1 dm = 100 mm
To convert 10 decimeters into millimeters we have to multiply 10 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to millimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 dm → 100 mm
10 dm → L(mm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in millimeters:
L(mm) = 10 dm × 100 mm
L(mm) = 1000 mm
The final result is:
10 dm → 1000 mm
We conclude that 10 decimeters is equivalent to 1000 millimeters:
10 decimeters = 1000 millimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 millimeter is equal to 0.001 × 10 decimeters.
Another way is saying that 10 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.001 millimeters.
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 thousand millimeters:
10 dm ≅ 1000 mm
An alternative is also that one millimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times ten decimeters.
Conversion table
decimeters to millimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from decimeters to millimeters
decimeters (dm) | millimeters (mm) |
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11 decimeters | 1100 millimeters |
12 decimeters | 1200 millimeters |
13 decimeters | 1300 millimeters |
14 decimeters | 1400 millimeters |
15 decimeters | 1500 millimeters |
16 decimeters | 1600 millimeters |
17 decimeters | 1700 millimeters |
18 decimeters | 1800 millimeters |
19 decimeters | 1900 millimeters |
20 decimeters | 2000 millimeters |