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 1008 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 1008 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

1008 cm → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 1008 cm × 0.1 dm

L_(dm) = 100.8 dm

The final result is:

1008 cm → 100.8 dm

We conclude that 1008 centimeters is equivalent to 100.8 decimeters:

1008 centimeters = 100.8 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0099206349206349 × 1008 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1008 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0099206349206349 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand eight centimeters is approximately one hundred point eight decimeters:

1008 cm ≅ 100.8 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero one times one thousand eight 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