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 1010 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 1010 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

1010 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 1010 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 101 dm

The final result is:

1010 cm → 101 dm

We conclude that 1010 centimeters is equivalent to 101 decimeters:

1010 centimeters = 101 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0099009900990099 × 1010 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1010 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0099009900990099 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

1010 cm ≅ 101 dm

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