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A non-standard unit of measurement is a way of reporting measurements in terms of units whose value only a few people may know.
Many of the early, non-standard units of measurement, which were based on the human body, were like that. Everybody does not have the same span so saying that a table is 12 spans long is not particularly helpful. Some of these were ;ater standardised: palm = 3 inches, hand = 4 inches (10.16 cm) and so on.
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What are standard and nonstandard units of measurement?
standard or imperial measurements are in : inches, feet, yards, pounds, gallons and asuming by nonstandard you mean metric measurements, they are in, millimeters, meters, kilometers, kilograms, liters. .........TADA!
What is the best nonstandard unit to measure the width of a classroom?
You can invent any number of nonstandard units, but none of them is "best". It is best to use standard units, that is, the meter.
How are standard and nonstandard measurement similar?
They are all measurements of some characteristic.
What is the numerical meaning of pico?
(used in units of measurement) denoting a factor of 10^−12
What is the nonstandard unit for length?
The standard unit of length is the meter, and any multiple and submultiple such as kilometer and millimeter. Nonstandard units include foot, inch, mile, light-year, parsec, astronomical unit.
