Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from decimeters to millimeters is 100, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 100 millimeters:
1 dm = 100 mm
To convert 20 decimeters into millimeters we have to multiply 20 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to millimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 dm → 100 mm
20 dm → L(mm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in millimeters:
L(mm) = 20 dm × 100 mm
L(mm) = 2000 mm
The final result is:
20 dm → 2000 mm
We conclude that 20 decimeters is equivalent to 2000 millimeters:
20 decimeters = 2000 millimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 millimeter is equal to 0.0005 × 20 decimeters.
Another way is saying that 20 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0005 millimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty decimeters is approximately two thousand millimeters:
20 dm ≅ 2000 mm
An alternative is also that one millimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times twenty decimeters.
Conversion table
decimeters to millimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from decimeters to millimeters
decimeters (dm) | millimeters (mm) |
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21 decimeters | 2100 millimeters |
22 decimeters | 2200 millimeters |
23 decimeters | 2300 millimeters |
24 decimeters | 2400 millimeters |
25 decimeters | 2500 millimeters |
26 decimeters | 2600 millimeters |
27 decimeters | 2700 millimeters |
28 decimeters | 2800 millimeters |
29 decimeters | 2900 millimeters |
30 decimeters | 3000 millimeters |