Unit Converter
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 71 millimeters into decimeters we have to multiply 71 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
71 mm → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 71 mm × 0.01 dm
L(dm) = 0.71 dm
The final result is:
71 mm → 0.71 dm
We conclude that 71 millimeters is equivalent to 0.71 decimeters:
71 millimeters = 0.71 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 1.4084507042254 × 71 millimeters.
Another way is saying that 71 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.4084507042254 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventy-one millimeters is approximately zero point seven one decimeters:
71 mm ≅ 0.71 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately one point four zero eight times seventy-one 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
millimeters (mm) | decimeters (dm) |
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72 millimeters | 0.72 decimeters |
73 millimeters | 0.73 decimeters |
74 millimeters | 0.74 decimeters |
75 millimeters | 0.75 decimeters |
76 millimeters | 0.76 decimeters |
77 millimeters | 0.77 decimeters |
78 millimeters | 0.78 decimeters |
79 millimeters | 0.79 decimeters |
80 millimeters | 0.8 decimeters |
81 millimeters | 0.81 decimeters |