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To be fair, when people give me measurements in Metric, I just get confused as I have no frame of reference
What's your frame of reference when using imperial?
The inch is 3 grains of barley of course! At least the kind of barley they had In the 14th century. Alternatively the length of 12 poppy seeds in a line. You probably have lots of those lying around your house right?
The foot is about the size of a clown shoe, duh!
And the mile is about the length of 1000 paces from a malnourished roman soldier
And inch is the length of a finger between knuckles, a foot is the obvious and a yard is the length of my stride
1 meter ≈ one large step
1 centimeter ≈ width of an index finger
that helps with the centimeter, not so much the meter
Its the width of 100 index fingers
1 meter = roughly 1 european badger (with tail)
Meter is about the length of your leg, if you're average sized.
Same is true for feet, miles and whatever.
It's a matter of habit. You intuitively know how much foot is, how much mile is, and it's only a matter of time and habit that you start intuitively getting meters and centimeters the same way.
But for as long as you make this transition, remember that:
- 1 inch is about 2,5 cm,
- 1 foot is about 1/3 of a meter
- 1 mile is about 1,5 kilometers.
Yes, those are not super accurate, but those are simple numbers and they give you a quick idea.