14 inches is longer than 1 foot because 1 foot has only 12 inches.
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This compares a linear measurement to a volumetric measurement. A foot is 12 inches and a cubic foot is 12 inches long x 12 inches wide x 12 inches high.
1 foot is 12 inches, so 1 foot is longer than 5 inches. Unless you are talking about a foot on a person. A babies foot is really small so 6 inches would be longer.
Feet and inches are part of the Imperial measurement system.
There are 12 inches in one foot. Therefore, 16 inches is four inches longer than one foot.
One hundredth of a foot is equal to 0.01 feet. Since there are 12 inches in a foot, this measurement also equals 0.12 inches. Therefore, one hundredth of a foot is a small fractional measurement that can be useful in precise calculations.