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Which of these units is the smallest?Read the answer and worked solution →Which old unit of length was based on the human body?Read the answer and worked solution →Length is a measure of which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →On a standard metric ruler, what are the smallest divisions?Read the answer and worked solution →To measure something we compare it with what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the science of measurement called?Read the answer and worked solution →A rope of 3 m 50 cm is cut into two equal parts. How long is each part?Read the answer and worked solution →Ravi walks 2 km 300 m in all. Give that in metres.Read the answer and worked solution →A ruler line is at 4 cm 7 mm. How many millimetres is that?Read the answer and worked solution →A rectangular card has perimeter 30 cm and one side 10 cm. How long is the next side?Read the answer and worked solution →A square garden has a side of 12 m. How long a fence goes round it?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the area of a rectangle 9 m long and 4 m wide?Read the answer and worked solution →A triangle has three sides of 7 cm each. What is its perimeter?Read the answer and worked solution →A road sign says 1500 m. Write this distance in kilometres.Read the answer and worked solution →Which length equals 2.5 m?Read the answer and worked solution →A pencil of 14 cm and a rubber of 4 cm lie end to end. Total length in mm?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did people move from cubits and hands to the metre?Read the answer and worked solution →To put tape around the edge of a 3 m by 2 m mat, what do we find?Read the answer and worked solution →Which unit is used to measure area?Read the answer and worked solution →Space inside a box, its volume, is stated in:Read the answer and worked solution →What is 1 m 20 cm + 85 cm?Read the answer and worked solution →A rectangle has perimeter 36 m, and its length is twice its width. What is the width?Read the answer and worked solution →An 8 cm long slate covers 48 sq cm. What is its edge length all round?Read the answer and worked solution →A 2 m ribbon is cut into 15 cm pieces. How many full pieces, and what is left?Read the answer and worked solution →The metre was first defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from where to where?Read the answer and worked solution →A field is 120 m by 80 m. How much wire for a fence of 3 rounds?Read the answer and worked solution →If every side of a square is doubled, what happens to its perimeter?Read the answer and worked solution →A 10 cm square has the same perimeter as a rectangle 12 cm long. Its width?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which of these units is the smallest?

  1. The millimetre
  2. The metre
  3. The kilometre
  4. The centimetre
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Correct answer: A. The millimetre

1. 1 km = 1000 m and 1 m = 100 cm. 2. 1 cm = 10 mm. 3. So the millimetre is the smallest of the four. _Source: Wikipedia, Kilometre (CC BY-SA 4.0, rev 1368779852), kilometre_

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Which old unit of length was based on the human body?

  1. The metre
  2. The kilometre
  3. The cubit
  4. The millimetre
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Correct answer: C. The cubit

1. Early peoples measured with body parts. 2. The cubit, hand and foot are examples. 3. The metre is a modern standard unit. _Source: Wikipedia, Ruler (CC BY-SA 4.0, rev 1375531753), Ruler_

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Length is a measure of which of these?

  1. Time
  2. Speed
  3. Weight
  4. Distance
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Correct answer: D. Distance

1. Length tells how far from one end to the other. 2. So it measures distance. 3. Weight, time and speed are other quantities. _Source: Wikipedia, Length (CC BY-SA 4.0, rev 1379869769), Length_

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