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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 22 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 22 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

22 cm → L(dm)

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

L(dm) = 22 cm × 0.1 dm

L(dm) = 2.2 dm

The final result is:

22 cm → 2.2 dm

We conclude that 22 centimeters is equivalent to 2.2 decimeters:

22 centimeters = 2.2 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.45454545454545 × 22 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 22 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.45454545454545 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

22 cm ≅ 2.2 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point four five five times twenty-two 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

centimeters (cm) decimeters (dm)
23 centimeters 2.3 decimeters
24 centimeters 2.4 decimeters
25 centimeters 2.5 decimeters
26 centimeters 2.6 decimeters
27 centimeters 2.7 decimeters
28 centimeters 2.8 decimeters
29 centimeters 2.9 decimeters
30 centimeters 3 decimeters
31 centimeters 3.1 decimeters
32 centimeters 3.2 decimeters