Convert Decimetres to Feet
1 decimetre is 0.33 ft. One decimetre is exactly 0.328083989501 feet.
One decimetre is 0.32808399 feet. To convert decimetres to feet, multiply by 0.32808399; to go the other way, divide by 0.32808399 or multiply by 3.048. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST. A tenth of a metre.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Decimetres × 0.32808399
1 * 0.3280840.328 ft
1 decimetre in every length unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| inches | 3.937007874 in | × 3.93700787402 |
| feet | 0.3280839895 ft | × 0.328083989501 |
| yards | 0.1093613298 yd | × 0.109361329834 |
| miles | 0.00006213711922 mi | × 0.0000621371192237 |
| millimeters | 100 mm | × 100 |
| decimetres (as entered) | 1 dm | — |
| centimeters | 10 cm | × 10 |
| meters | 0.1 m | × 0.1 |
| kilometers | 0.0001 km | × 0.0001 |
| nautical miles | 0.00005399568035 nmi | × 0.0000539956803456 |
| micrometers | 100,000 µm | × 100,000 |
| nanometers | 100,000,000 nm | × 100,000,000 |
| thou | 3,937.007874 thou | × 3,937.00787402 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert decimetres to feet? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in decimetres.
- 2.Multiply by 0.32808399 — that is how many feet fit in one decimetre.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.32808399, or multiply by 3.048.
Worked example: 25 decimetres to feet
- Formula
- dm × 0.32808399 = ft
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.32808399 = 8.2 ft
- Answer
- 25 dm = 8.2 ft
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Decimetres to feet conversion table
| Decimetres | Feet |
|---|---|
| 1 dm | 0.33 ft |
| 2 dm | 0.66 ft |
| 3 dm | 0.98 ft |
| 4 dm | 1.31 ft |
| 5 dm | 1.64 ft |
| 6 dm | 1.97 ft |
| 7 dm | 2.3 ft |
| 8 dm | 2.62 ft |
| 9 dm | 2.95 ft |
| 10 dm | 3.28 ft |
| 12 dm | 3.94 ft |
| 15 dm | 4.92 ft |
| 20 dm | 6.56 ft |
| 25 dm | 8.2 ft |
| 50 dm | 16.4 ft |
| 100 dm | 32.81 ft |
| 200 dm | 65.62 ft |
| 300 dm | 98.43 ft |
| 500 dm | 164.04 ft |
| 1000 dm | 328.08 ft |
| 2000 dm | 656.17 ft |
| 5000 dm | 1,640.42 ft |
| 10000 dm | 3,280.84 ft |
What is a decimetre?
A tenth of a metre. Rare in speech and unavoidable in definitions: the litre is a cubic decimetre, which is where the millilitre and the cubic centimetre meet.
What is a foot?
Twelve inches, or exactly 0.3048 meters. Still the working unit of US construction.
How many feet are in a decimetre?
One decimetre is 0.32808399 feet. Going the other way, one foot is 3.048 decimetres. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every length unit here
The whole group — 13 units with their symbols and the size of each one in meters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a decimetre.
Source: NIST — international yard and pound agreement (inch = 25.4 mm exactly)
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Questions people actually ask
- How many feet are in a decimetre?
- 0.32808399. Twelve inches, or exactly 0.3048 meters. Still the working unit of US construction.
- How do I convert feet back to decimetres?
- Divide by 0.32808399, or multiply by 3.048 — they are the same operation.
Other length conversions
Feet to decimetres — the same conversion the other way.