Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from decimeters to centimeters is 10, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 10 centimeters:
1 dm = 10 cm
To convert 100 decimeters into centimeters we have to multiply 100 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 dm → 10 cm
100 dm → L(cm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in centimeters:
L(cm) = 100 dm × 10 cm
L(cm) = 1000 cm
The final result is:
100 dm → 1000 cm
We conclude that 100 decimeters is equivalent to 1000 centimeters:
100 decimeters = 1000 centimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 0.001 × 100 decimeters.
Another way is saying that 100 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.001 centimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred decimeters is approximately one thousand centimeters:
100 dm ≅ 1000 cm
An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times one hundred decimeters.
Conversion table
decimeters to centimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from decimeters to centimeters
decimeters (dm) | centimeters (cm) |
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101 decimeters | 1010 centimeters |
102 decimeters | 1020 centimeters |
103 decimeters | 1030 centimeters |
104 decimeters | 1040 centimeters |
105 decimeters | 1050 centimeters |
106 decimeters | 1060 centimeters |
107 decimeters | 1070 centimeters |
108 decimeters | 1080 centimeters |
109 decimeters | 1090 centimeters |
110 decimeters | 1100 centimeters |