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What was the length of a foot based on in the roman empire?
The length of three hands.
What did the Romans base there foot on?
they based it on the length of two pies
How does foot length affect how far you can kick a soccer ball?
the way it affects it is because a big foot takes up the length of the ball so that you can kick it farther, for instance, a kid who has a small foot, can not kick the ball as far it is not taking up all the space on the ball
What was the length of a foot based on?
The term "Foot" came when someone measured a standard mans foot. Though it was said it was a king's foot, some feet are smaller or larger than then 12 inches. The term "inch" came from the Latin word uncio. The word uncio means, 1/12. And an inch is 1/12 of a foot. "Yard" came from middle English word meaning "rod or staff; yard measure". It is said that it was measured from a man's neck to his finger tips.
Which modem unit of measure derives from counting the steps of roman soldiers?
The min Roman units for measuring length were the digitus (finger), the uncia or pollex (inch or thumb), the palums (palm width), palmus maior (palm length), the pes (plural piedes, foot), the cubitus (cubit, 1 1/2 piedes), the passus (pace, 5 piedes), the stadium (plural stadia, 625 piedes), and the mille passuum or milliarium (plural millaria, mile, 5,000 piedes). The foot was not taken from measuring the steps of soldiers. It was based on the average length of a foot. The British adopted the foot as unit of measurement, but it is longer than that of the Romans. A Roman foot was 0.971 British ft.
Which unit of length would be most appropriate to describe the length of a foot?
Answer: Inches
How long is a metric ruler?
A metric ruler is 30 cm in length. This type of ruler is commonly called a metric foot ruler because it is similar in length to a one foot ruler.
What length is 7 foot 6 in metric?
1.9812 metre
What metric unit is used to measure the length of your foot?
meter
Is feet a metric unit?
No, feet is not a metric unit. It is a unit of length commonly used in the imperial system of measurement. In the metric system, the equivalent unit of length is the meter.
What are the units of length in metric and English system?
Metre and foot, respectively.
What length is 7 foot in metric?
2.1336 metres or 213.36 cm
The measure of length for the standard system is the foot For the metric or SI system it is the?
meter
What are an inch and foot unit of measure comparable to?
An inch is roughly the width of your thumb at the base, while a foot is approximately the length of an adult's foot.
Appropriate unit to measure the length of a soccer field?
Yards or Foot.
The basic units of length is?
The meter in the SI, the foot in the Imperial system.
Which unit of length would be most appropriate to desribe the length of of your foot?
Inches or centimetres would both be sensible.
