Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to decimeters is 3.048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 3.048 decimeters:

1 ft = 3.048 dm

To convert 3.1 feet into decimeters we have to multiply 3.1 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 3.048 dm

3.1 ft → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 3.1 ft × 3.048 dm

L_(dm) = 9.4488 dm

The final result is:

3.1 ft → 9.4488 dm

We conclude that 3.1 feet is equivalent to 9.4488 decimeters:

3.1 feet = 9.4488 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.10583354500042 × 3.1 feet.

Another way is saying that 3.1 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.10583354500042 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three point one feet is approximately nine point four four nine decimeters:

3.1 ft ≅ 9.449 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point one zero six times three point one feet.

Conversion table

feet to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to decimeters