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 101 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 101 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

101 mm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 101 mm × 0.01 dm

L_(dm) = 1.01 dm

The final result is:

101 mm → 1.01 dm

We conclude that 101 millimeters is equivalent to 1.01 decimeters:

101 millimeters = 1.01 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.99009900990099 × 101 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 101 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.99009900990099 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

101 mm ≅ 1.01 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point nine nine times one hundred one 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