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Try using a bit of common sense, shall we?

5 mm is less than half the width of a finger.

5 cm is about the length of a finger

5 dm is about the length of your forearm (and hand)

5 m is about three times as long as you are tall.

Now see if you can work out which is the most appropriate.

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