centimeters
appropriate unit to measure the width of a textbook = ce ntimeters
with a tape measure. the CSA
A tape measure
length times width length times width
Metric system: meters; customary system: feet
the metric system
A customary unit that can measure a telephone is inches or centimeters, typically measuring the height, width, and depth of the device.
inches
It is still customary to measure, in inches, a screen from corner to corner diagonally.
Pencil lead is very narrow. Millimeter can be used to measure it.
You can't change kilos to inches because they measure different things. Kilos measure weight and inches measure small distances/length/width
-- Measure the height.-- Measure the width at the top.-- Measure the width at the bottom.Area = (1/2) x (height) x (width-at-the-top plus width-at-the-bottom)
After you measure the width of the door, you can use any unit of length you like to describe it. No unit is 'correct' or incorrect, but there's always one that produces the most convenient number ... the number that's easiest to write down, remember, and tell other people about. For the width of a door, I think inches would be a bit more convenient than feet.
For a rectangle, length X width = area. Measure the length in cm. Measure the width in cm. Multiply the length X the width to get the area in cm2.
Centimeters are commonly used to measure small lengths and distances, such as the length of an object, width of a room, or height of a person.
Tape measure....
A millimetre exists to measure distance. This distance is of a particular size where it wouldn't make sense to measure it in kilometres (too small) such as the tip of a pencil's width.