
One cubit length of cloth costs &rupee;30. Sarita pays &rupee;360 for a few fathom lengths of the cloth. How many fathom lengths of the cloth did she buy?

Note!
1 fathom = 4 cubits

Important Questions on Lina’s Family : Measurement
Name the following.
The distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger on your outstretched hand:


A flower seller is measuring his garlands of flowers in cubits.
The length of the flower garland is ___cubits.

The distance the girl has to walk to the school gate in the picture is _____ paces.

The length of your classroom is ______ foot spans.



Rahul wants to roughly measure the size of a table to see if it fits in his house but he does not have any measuring tools with him. What is the quickest way possible for him to measure the size of the dining table?

The length of the playground of your school is ______ paces.

Imagine that you are measuring a ruler with your eraser.
The length of the ruler = ___ eraser lengths.

My desk is _____ palms long.

The length of the blackboard in your class is ______ cubits.


The length of the table in the picture is _____ hand spans.

1. The length of a rope measures 24 cubits.
2. The side of a table measures 24 handspans.
3. The length of a fence measures 4 fathoms
If you consider the above mentioned statements, which of the following conclusions is true?
Note!
1 fathom = 4 cubits
1 fathom = 8 handspans





Ladder A is twice the length of Ladder C. Ladder B measures a cubit more than Ladder C. If Ladder B measures four cubits and I want a ladder of length roughly measuring 12 handspans, the ladder I choose is Ladder _____.
Note!
1 cubit = 2 handspans

A student was measuring the length of a rope for the school's sports event.
What is the length of the rope measured by the student?

The length of the desk in your class is _____ hand-spans.
