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 201 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 201 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

201 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 201 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 20.1 dm

The final result is:

201 cm → 20.1 dm

We conclude that 201 centimeters is equivalent to 20.1 decimeters:

201 centimeters = 20.1 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.049751243781095 × 201 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 201 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.049751243781095 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

201 cm ≅ 20.1 dm

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