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 1000 decimeters into centimeters we have to multiply 1000 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

1000 dm → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 1000 dm × 10 cm

L_(cm) = 10000 cm

The final result is:

1000 dm → 10000 cm

We conclude that 1000 decimeters is equivalent to 10000 centimeters:

1000 decimeters = 10000 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 0.0001 × 1000 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 1000 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001 centimeters.

Approximate result

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

1000 dm ≅ 10000 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times one thousand 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