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 24 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 24 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
24 mm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 24 mm × 0.01 dm
L(dm) = 0.24 dm
The final result is:
24 mm → 0.24 dm
We conclude that 24 millimeters is equivalent to 0.24 decimeters:
24 millimeters = 0.24 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 4.1666666666667 × 24 millimeters.
Another way is saying that 24 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 4.1666666666667 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty-four millimeters is approximately zero point two four decimeters:
24 mm ≅ 0.24 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately four point one six seven times twenty-four 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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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 |
32 millimeters | 0.32 decimeters |
33 millimeters | 0.33 decimeters |
34 millimeters | 0.34 decimeters |