We can use finger (digit), handspan, footspan, cubit and pace to measure lengths of objects. These are non-standard units of length.
Which is bigger, your footspan or your cubit?
Important Questions on Lina’s Family : Measurement
This table is _____ pencils long.
The distance the girl has to walk to the school gate in the picture is _____ paces.
This book is _____ erasers long.
Name the following.
The distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger on your outstretched hand:
The length of the desk in your class is _____ hand-spans.
Length of my pencils is _____ palms long.
The length of the table in the picture is _____ hand spans.
The length of the playground of your school is ______ paces.
Height of my chair is _____ cubits long.
The length of the blackboard in your class is ______ cubits.
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My desk is _____ palms long.
The length of your classroom is ______ foot spans.
Length of my pencil box is _____ hand spans long.
