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 310 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 310 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

310 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 310 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 31 dm

The final result is:

310 cm → 31 dm

We conclude that 310 centimeters is equivalent to 31 decimeters:

310 centimeters = 31 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.032258064516129 × 310 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 310 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.032258064516129 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three hundred ten centimeters is approximately thirty-one decimeters:

310 cm ≅ 31 dm

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