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 101 centimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 101 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
101 cm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 101 cm × 0.1 dm
L(dm) = 10.1 dm
The final result is:
101 cm → 10.1 dm
We conclude that 101 centimeters is equivalent to 10.1 decimeters:
101 centimeters = 10.1 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.099009900990099 × 101 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 101 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.099009900990099 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred one centimeters is approximately ten point one decimeters:
101 cm ≅ 10.1 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero nine nine times one hundred one 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) |
---|---|
102 centimeters | 10.2 decimeters |
103 centimeters | 10.3 decimeters |
104 centimeters | 10.4 decimeters |
105 centimeters | 10.5 decimeters |
106 centimeters | 10.6 decimeters |
107 centimeters | 10.7 decimeters |
108 centimeters | 10.8 decimeters |
109 centimeters | 10.9 decimeters |
110 centimeters | 11 decimeters |
111 centimeters | 11.1 decimeters |