Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to decimeters is 0.1, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.1 decimeters:

1 cm = 0.1 dm

To convert 1006 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 1006 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 0.1 dm

1006 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 1006 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 100.6 dm

The final result is:

1006 cm → 100.6 dm

We conclude that 1006 centimeters is equivalent to 100.6 decimeters:

1006 centimeters = 100.6 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0099403578528827 × 1006 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1006 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0099403578528827 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

1006 cm ≅ 100.6 dm

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

Conversion table

centimeters to decimeters chart

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