Conversion formula

The conversion factor from millimeters to decimeters is 0.01, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.01 decimeters:

1 mm = 0.01 dm

To convert 20.2 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 20.2 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from millimeters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mm → 0.01 dm

20.2 mm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 20.2 mm × 0.01 dm

L_(dm) = 0.202 dm

The final result is:

20.2 mm → 0.202 dm

We conclude that 20.2 millimeters is equivalent to 0.202 decimeters:

20.2 millimeters = 0.202 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 4.950495049505 × 20.2 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 20.2 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 4.950495049505 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty point two millimeters is approximately zero point two zero two decimeters:

20.2 mm ≅ 0.202 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately four point nine five times twenty point two millimeters.

Conversion table

millimeters to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from millimeters to decimeters