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 1040 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 1040 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

1040 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 1040 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 104 dm

The final result is:

1040 cm → 104 dm

We conclude that 1040 centimeters is equivalent to 104 decimeters:

1040 centimeters = 104 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0096153846153846 × 1040 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1040 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0096153846153846 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

1040 cm ≅ 104 dm

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