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 1020 decimeters into centimeters we have to multiply 1020 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

1020 dm → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 1020 dm × 10 cm

L_(cm) = 10200 cm

The final result is:

1020 dm → 10200 cm

We conclude that 1020 decimeters is equivalent to 10200 centimeters:

1020 decimeters = 10200 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 9.8039215686275E-5 × 1020 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 1020 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 9.8039215686275E-5 centimeters.

Approximate result

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

1020 dm ≅ 10200 cm

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