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 9.7 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 9.7 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

9.7 mm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 9.7 mm × 0.01 dm

L_(dm) = 0.097 dm

The final result is:

9.7 mm → 0.097 dm

We conclude that 9.7 millimeters is equivalent to 0.097 decimeters:

9.7 millimeters = 0.097 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 10.309278350515 × 9.7 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 9.7 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 10.309278350515 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine point seven millimeters is approximately zero point zero nine seven decimeters:

9.7 mm ≅ 0.097 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately ten point three zero nine times nine point seven 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