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 160 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 160 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

160 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 160 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 16 dm

The final result is:

160 cm → 16 dm

We conclude that 160 centimeters is equivalent to 16 decimeters:

160 centimeters = 16 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0625 × 160 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 160 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0625 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

160 cm ≅ 16 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero six three times one hundred sixty 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