Conversion formula

The conversion factor from inches to decimeters is 0.254, which means that 1 inch is equal to 0.254 decimeters:

1 in = 0.254 dm

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

1 in → 0.254 dm

10 in → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 10 in × 0.254 dm

L_(dm) = 2.54 dm

The final result is:

10 in → 2.54 dm

We conclude that 10 inches is equivalent to 2.54 decimeters:

10 inches = 2.54 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.39370078740157 × 10 inches.

Another way is saying that 10 inches is equal to 1 ÷ 0.39370078740157 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that ten inches is approximately two point five four decimeters:

10 in ≅ 2.54 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point three nine four times ten inches.

Conversion table

inches to decimeters chart

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