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Name a unit of length used to measure short distances?

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Name a unit of length used to measure short distances?
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Unit lengths are measurements used to measure length, like inches, feet, and meters. You can use a ruler to measure things in inches, or a yardstick to measure things in feet. You can use a meter stick to measure things in meters, which is a bit longer than a yardstick.
Unit Lengths
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Inch - A unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems, equal to 1/12 of a foot. Foot - A unit of length equal to 12 inches, or 0.3048 meters. Meter - The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). One meter is equal to 100 centimeters, or 39.37 inches.
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Which unit of length do you prefer to use?
  • feet
  • inches
  • centimeters
  • meters
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A light year is the distance that light travels in one year and is equivalent to 9,460,730,472,580.8 kilometers. The smallest unit of length is the Planck length, which is 1.616199(97)ร—10^โˆ’35 meters. The picometer (pm) is one trillionth of a meter, which is 1/1,000,000,000,000th of a meter.
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6. Open question
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How many inches are in a foot?
7. Open question
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What is the longest unit of length?
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What unit of measurement would you use to measure the length of a pencil?
9. Open question
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What do you think is the most useful unit of length for measuring everyday objects?
10. Open question
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How could you use the different unit lengths to help you solve a problem?

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