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The width of human hands vary considerably from person to person, female to male. Also, the width will increase if the hand is pressed down flat on a hard surface and then measured. The best thing to do is to measure your hand and use that measurement.
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∙ 7y agoA centimetre for a rough measure, a millimetre for more precision.
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What is the width of an adults hand in the metric system?
the answer is ? it is so unknown
What would you use to measure the width of a page of text?
I would use my nice steel metric ruler. It has a good heft, a great hand feel, and is very accurately calibrated.
What are used to measure things in the olden times?
they use their body to measure thing like their hand and feet...
What factors affect your hand span width?
The size of a human hand , varies from person to person no matter what nationality you are.. However smaller , shorter people tend to have smaller hands than tall people. Heavy weight people also often have larger hands but not necessarily.
Which metric unit would you use to measure an postcard?
Any square unit you like can be used to measure the area of a postcard, however to make the numbers have a reasonable size and ease of handling, I would suggest using square centimetres as a postcard is about hand size (and likely to be about 15cm by 10cm).
What is the width of an adults hand in the metric system?
the answer is ? it is so unknown
What would you use to measure the width of a page of text?
I would use my nice steel metric ruler. It has a good heft, a great hand feel, and is very accurately calibrated.
What would you use in the metric system to measure the width of an adults hand?
You could use cm, meters (eg. 0.18cm ) or millimetres . A mix of cm and mm should be best for accuracy .
Can you measure and inch with your hand?
generally speaking in the horse world the width of the palm of a hand is approx. 4 inches across
How did people measure things before the inventions such as rulers?
People used to measure with their body parts, such as the length or width of their hand, the length of the foot, etc.
What is a palm measurement?
the width of an average mans's hand it's now used to measure horses... the measurement is form 10cm-15cm...
How do you measure the width of something with a tape measure?
Ok so if you have a tape measure open it and I will show you how it is used exactly. So as you can see at the top which are the big lines of the tape measure they are called (inches). This is used for measuring the formula of a arm size, hand size, hip size and the waist size. But now I will talk about measuring as assessing width as my measuring unit. So basically the top constituent part of the tape measure are the inches and the bottom are the cm's. So to find the width would mean that every 10 cm is the width but when go on to a quarter of width it will basically mean that the answer would be 1w and a quarter.
What metric measurement would be the most appropriate to measure the length of a horse?
Hands, abbreviated hh. One hand equals 4 inches.
How do you measure a horses height?
By the width of your hand ( 4" ) from ground to withers (top of the sholders). "He's 15 hands high" Paw P/////
How much is one hand?
One hand is 4 inches, more or less. A hand is an old measure- the width of a hand - used mostly, I think, for measuring the height of horses. One could move up horse hand by hand and count how many hands tall the horse is.
What is a hand in reference to horses?
A hand is the universal method of measuring the height of a horse. One hand equals 4 inches. 4 inches is the width of the average man's hand held sideways. It was a simple standard way to measure horses when people were horse trading and selling.
About how wide is an adult's hand in metric units?
A hand span is about 22 to 26 centimeters.
