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What unit would you use to measure the width of a fingernail?
A paper clip is about 1 millimeter thick. A fingernail is about 1 centimeter wide. The length of a guitar is about 1 meter. A kilometer is equal to 1000 meters.
What metric unit would you use to measure the length of your finger?
meter
One way to get an idea of the length of a meter is to stretch your arms out to your sides and your fingertip to fingertip shows about a meter. One meter is much longer than one centimeter. There are actually 100 centimeters in one meter.
What unit of measurement would you use to find the width of your thumb?
In medicine and related disciplines (anatomy, radiology, etc.) the fingerbreadth (literally the width of a finger) is an informal but widely used unit of measure.
What unit should you use to measure width?
The width of computer monitor is usually between 10 inches and 20 inches. We know that 1inch= 2.54 centimeters….Choosing Appropriate Units of Measure.
| Quantity | Appropriate unit of measure |
|---|---|
| Distance between two cities | Miles or kilometers |
| Height of a person | Feet and inches, or centimeters |
Which unit would you use to most accurately measure the width of your thumbnail?
Measure the width of the fingernail on your little finger. This is probably less than 1 centimeter so you will need to count the millimeters.
What is the width of little fingernail?
| Item | 2. Length | 4. Number of Significant Figures |
|---|---|---|
| Width of little fingernail | 0.82 cm | * |
| Length of your shoe | 26.34 cm | * |
What’s a width measurement?
The measurement of the extent of something from side to side. Width is defined as the quality of being wide, or the measurement of distance from side to side. An example of width is a 36″ measurement for a table’s wideness.