Unit Converter
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 21 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 21 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
21 mm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 21 mm × 0.01 dm
L(dm) = 0.21 dm
The final result is:
21 mm → 0.21 dm
We conclude that 21 millimeters is equivalent to 0.21 decimeters:
21 millimeters = 0.21 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 4.7619047619048 × 21 millimeters.
Another way is saying that 21 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 4.7619047619048 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty-one millimeters is approximately zero point two one decimeters:
21 mm ≅ 0.21 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately four point seven six two times twenty-one 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
millimeters (mm) | decimeters (dm) |
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22 millimeters | 0.22 decimeters |
23 millimeters | 0.23 decimeters |
24 millimeters | 0.24 decimeters |
25 millimeters | 0.25 decimeters |
26 millimeters | 0.26 decimeters |
27 millimeters | 0.27 decimeters |
28 millimeters | 0.28 decimeters |
29 millimeters | 0.29 decimeters |
30 millimeters | 0.3 decimeters |
31 millimeters | 0.31 decimeters |