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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 13 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 13 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

13 cm → L(dm)

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

L(dm) = 13 cm × 0.1 dm

L(dm) = 1.3 dm

The final result is:

13 cm → 1.3 dm

We conclude that 13 centimeters is equivalent to 1.3 decimeters:

13 centimeters = 1.3 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.76923076923077 × 13 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 13 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.76923076923077 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

13 cm ≅ 1.3 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point seven six nine times thirteen 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

centimeters (cm) decimeters (dm)
14 centimeters 1.4 decimeters
15 centimeters 1.5 decimeters
16 centimeters 1.6 decimeters
17 centimeters 1.7 decimeters
18 centimeters 1.8 decimeters
19 centimeters 1.9 decimeters
20 centimeters 2 decimeters
21 centimeters 2.1 decimeters
22 centimeters 2.2 decimeters
23 centimeters 2.3 decimeters