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What is the difference between the units for linear measurement and units for measuring perimeter?
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∙ 12y ago
A linear unit is a one-dimensionn line; a square unit is area. A linear unit is a distance measurment like 1 inch, 2 miles, or 3 kilometers. A square unit is expressed in square, like 2 square feet.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agothere is no difference between units of linear and perimeter measurement.
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Difference between circumference and perimeter?
The term circumference is only used when referencing a circle. The term perimeter is used when referencing any other shape.
What is advantage using a standard unit in measuring?
Because it is easy to convert
What is the difference between a liter and a kilogram?
It changes over from the US system of measurement to the metric system, accepted by most of the world.
What is the difference between 27 centimeters and 27.00 centimeters?
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What metric unit is used to find distance between towns?
The best unit of measurement for the measuring the distance between two towns would be miles. You could also use kilometers if you want, but anything smaller than miles or kilometers would make getting the correct measurement difficult.
What is the Difference between a kilometer and perimeter?
A kilometre is a metric unit for measuring distance. A perimeter is the length of the boundary of a plane figure, which can be measured in inches, miles, kilometres or any other unit for measuring distance.
What is the difference between the perimeter of and the area of?
The perimeter is a measurement of the distance around the outline of a shape. The area is the measurement of all the space within the shape, and it is measured as (unit) 2
What is the difference between counting and measuring?
Measurement is simple but measuring width , length and liquid while counting is simple but counting numbers
Is there a difference between square miles and area?
Area is the extent or measurement of a surface, or piece of land. Square miles are one way of measuring area.
What is the difference between 8 fluid ounces and 1 cup?
8 ounces are equal to a 1 cup, but when measuring we use ounces for liquids (for example a 8oz soda) and cups for solid measurement like when measuring flour for a recipe. If you were to measure each in a measuring cup they would be both the same.
What is the difference between cm and inches?
The difference between centimeters and inches is that inches is in the standard measuring system and centimeters is part of the metric measuring system.
What is the Difference between 1 cup and 8 ounces?
8 ounces are equal to a 1 cup, but when measuring we use ounces for liquids (for example a 8oz soda) and cups for solid measurement like when measuring flour for a recipe. If you were to measure each in a measuring cup they would be both the same.
Why the difference between miles and knots?
Miles are a measurement of distance, a knot is a measurement of speeed.
What is the difference between volume and dimension?
Volume is a measurement of capacity. Dimension is a linear measurement.
What is the difference between range and span?
Range: The region between the limits within which a quantity is measured, received ortransmitted. It is expressed by stating the lower and upper range valuesSpan: The algebraic difference between the upper and lower range values expressed in the same units as the range
What the difference between circle perimeter and circumference?
There isn't any. The circumference is just a special name for a perimeter of a round shape.
What is the difference between length and perimeter?
Length is the distance between two different points. But perimeter is the distance between the same point. Really interesting. Isn't it? Perimeter of sqaure is 4 x side Perimeter of rectangle is 2 (length + breadth) Perimeter of triangle is a + b + c Perimeter of a circle is specially named as circumference.
