It helps to bend side to side to identify exactly where to measure. Yes your body and its various parts can serve as a quick length estimator.
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What are the different parts of the body to be measure. Your forearm is about 15 feet 46 centimeters. Measure the circumference of your chest. Stretch out your hand so that the tip of your thumb is as far away as possible from the tip of your pinky. My hair is 20 cm long. C hip measure the hips at the fullest part usually around the seat. You can also measure your height arm span femur bone etcetera with measuring tape round the values and write the ratios as fractions.
Then ask for another volunteer to help you measure your hair and write the sentence on the board eg. Continue with different volunteers helping to measure different parts of your body as shown in the worksheet measurements. You can put an elastic band around the waist to mark the correct placement. It probably goes without saying that the unit foot was based on the length of a mans foot. That distance is called a span which for most people is almost exactly half a cubit. Place one end of the tape measure at the fullest part of your bust wrap it around under your armpits around your shoulder blades and back to the front to get the measurement.
B waist measure the waist where the body bends. D high hip measure around the fullest part about 3 4 below the waist. Here are a few more. By the end you should have 7 sentences written on the board the same ones as on the. Your forearm from elbow to fingertip. An average foot is about 12 inches long.
Measure the circumference of your waist. Can you find a way to simplify these fractions. The cubit was just one of numerous units of measurement based on the typical size of body parts. The width of your palm is about 4 inches 10 centimeters.