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 106 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 106 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

106 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 106 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 10.6 dm

The final result is:

106 cm → 10.6 dm

We conclude that 106 centimeters is equivalent to 10.6 decimeters:

106 centimeters = 10.6 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.094339622641509 × 106 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 106 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.094339622641509 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

106 cm ≅ 10.6 dm

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