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 1080 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 1080 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

1080 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 1080 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 108 dm

The final result is:

1080 cm → 108 dm

We conclude that 1080 centimeters is equivalent to 108 decimeters:

1080 centimeters = 108 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0092592592592593 × 1080 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1080 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0092592592592593 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

1080 cm ≅ 108 dm

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