appropriate unit to measure the width of a textbook = ce ntimeters
A tape measure
with a tape measure. the CSA
length times width length times width
METERS!!!The unit of measurement you would use to measure the width of your classroom is meters.
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.
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.
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.
You can measure small lengths in millimeters. Length of a pencil, pen, eraser, length and width of a paper, sheet etc. can be measured in millimeters.
Tape measure....