The easiest way is to multiply or divide by ten depending on which way your going. If it's getting smaller on the example below (going to the right) multiply. If it's going to the left, or getting larger, divide.
1.kilometer, 2.hectometer, 3.dekameter, 4.meter, 5.decimeter, 6.centimeter, 7.millimeter
1. 1000, 2. 100, 3. 10, 4. 1, 5. .1, 6. .01, 7. .001,
1. thousand, 2. hundred, 3. ten, 4. one, 5. one tenth, 6. one hundreth, 7. one thousanth
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To convert to meters, x10-2 for centimeters and x10-1 for decimeters.
1 centimeter = 0.1 decimeters
To convert meters to decimeters, you need to multiply by 10, as there are 10 decimeters in a meter. Therefore, to convert 85 meters to decimeters, you would multiply 85 by 10, which equals 850 decimeters. So, 85 meters is equivalent to 850 decimeters.
a decimeter is 10 centimeters a cubic decimeter is 1000 cubic centimeters 325 cubic centimeters = 325 /1000 cubic decimeters = 0.325 cubic decimeters
If that's a rectangular block, just multiply the three numbers. The volume, of course, will be in cubic centimeters. If you first convert the sizes to decimeters, the answer will be in cubic centimeters, which is the same as liters. If you first convert the sizes to meters, the answer will be in cubic meters.