Conversion formula

The conversion factor from millimeters to decimeters is 0.01, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.01 decimeters:

1 mm = 0.01 dm

To convert 1000 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 1000 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from millimeters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mm → 0.01 dm

1000 mm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 1000 mm × 0.01 dm

L_(dm) = 10 dm

The final result is:

1000 mm → 10 dm

We conclude that 1000 millimeters is equivalent to 10 decimeters:

1000 millimeters = 10 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.1 × 1000 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 1000 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.1 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

1000 mm ≅ 10 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point one times one thousand millimeters.

Conversion table

millimeters to decimeters chart

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