Unit Converter
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 1000 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 1000 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
1000 cm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 1000 cm × 0.1 dm
L(dm) = 100 dm
The final result is:
1000 cm → 100 dm
We conclude that 1000 centimeters is equivalent to 100 decimeters:
1000 centimeters = 100 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.01 × 1000 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 1000 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.01 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand centimeters is approximately one hundred decimeters:
1000 cm ≅ 100 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero one times one thousand 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
centimeters (cm) | decimeters (dm) |
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1001 centimeters | 100.1 decimeters |
1002 centimeters | 100.2 decimeters |
1003 centimeters | 100.3 decimeters |
1004 centimeters | 100.4 decimeters |
1005 centimeters | 100.5 decimeters |
1006 centimeters | 100.6 decimeters |
1007 centimeters | 100.7 decimeters |
1008 centimeters | 100.8 decimeters |
1009 centimeters | 100.9 decimeters |
1010 centimeters | 101 decimeters |