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Because a king very long ago wanted to know how big his foot was.So he called his servants to measure his foot.Is foot appeared to be 12 inches long.Since the king's foot was the first thing measure,he decided to call 12 inches a foot.

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What is the name of the Egyptian units of measurement?

The ancient Egyptian units of measurement were called cubit, palm, and digit. These units were used to measure length in ancient Egypt.


How many feet makes a square feet?

it's not an amount of feet. a square foot is a square, that is a foot by a foot. A foot is a unit of measurement. A square foot is also a unit of measurement. Whenever you measure a length, such as with a tape measure, you are measuring in feet. If you are measuring the area of a shape, you are measuring in square feet.


Is Foot 'unit of measurement' in the metric system?

No, Foot belongs to the Imperial and US customary units (according to Wikipedia)


How do you figure out how many inches in a foot?

If you don't remember it, you look it up.Every foot has 12 inches in it. They're all the same.


How many square feet in a foot?

None. A foot is a measure of distance, a square foot is a measure of area.This question cannot be answered sensibly. A square foot is a measure of area, with dimensions [L2]. A foot is a measure of distance, with dimensions [L]. The two measure different things and basic dimensional analysis teaches that you cannot convert between measures with different dimensions such as these without additional information.A foot is a measurement of distance. That is to say it is measuring how far it is from point A to point B.A square foot is a measurement of area.Distance and area are not the same thing. It is a little like asking how many hours are there in a foot, in the sense that the question does not make sense and thus has no answer.

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What is the origin of the foot measurement?

A long time ago a king wanted to see how long his foot was. His foot was exactly 12 feet long so he called that a foot.


History of foot measurement?

the foot was a measurement of the king's foot, which happened to be 12 inches long. Thus 1 foot = 12 inches.


Who called 12 inches a foot?

the 'foot' measurement was derived from the length of the human foot. The word ''inch' was adopted from the Latin word 'unica' meaning a 12th part. The early English, having no measurement of their own adopted the 'unica' from 'unus' meaning one


Where did the measurement foot come from?

The name 'foot' says it.


Why is feet called feet for measuring?

As a new measurement, they measured King Henry's (I Think) foot. This is known as a "ruler"


Use measurement in a sentence?

The measurement of my Dad is 6 foot.


What is metric foot?

A foot is not a metric measurement. 1 foot is 0.3048 meters.


What was the length of the foot during the roman empire time?

The length of a Roman foot, which was called a "pes", was based on the "unciae" which was the Roman inch. Twelve unciae equalled one Roman foot, just as in our measurements twelve inches equals one foot.


What is the meaning of area in measurement?

Measuring "area" refers to determining size in two dimensions (e.g., length and width). The resulting measure is typically reported in terms of units of measurement "squared." For example, if a surface is one foot long and one foot wide, the area of the surface is called "one square foot" or "one foot squared."


How many foot is in a cubic foot?

It is impossible to say how many feet is in a cubic foot. This is because a foot is a measurement of distance while a cubic foot is a measurement of space or volume so the two cannot be converted.


How many gal in a cubic foot?

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