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 118 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 118 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

118 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 118 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 11.8 dm

The final result is:

118 cm → 11.8 dm

We conclude that 118 centimeters is equivalent to 11.8 decimeters:

118 centimeters = 11.8 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.084745762711864 × 118 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 118 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.084745762711864 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

118 cm ≅ 11.8 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero eight five times one hundred eighteen 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