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A standard metric ruler is just slightly longer than 30 centimetres and slightly longer than 12 inches.

The "slightly longer" is for the extra bits of ruler that stick out in front of the 0 (zero) cm/in at the beginning of the ruler and behind the 30 cm/12 in mark at the end of the ruler

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