2006-07-17 08:11:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
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Continental Europe
In France, Germany, and most other European countries, the traditional shoe size is the length of the last, measured in Paris points. For shoe types where the last is 20 mm longer than the foot for which the shoe will fit:
\mbox{shoe size} = \frac{\mbox{last length}}{\frac23~\mathrm{cm}} = \frac{\mbox{foot length} + 20~\mathrm{mm}}{\frac23~\mathrm{cm}}
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand determine shoe sizes by the length of the last, measured in barleycorns, minus a constant. The UK and Australia use different constants for women's shoes, though they use the same constant for men's.
\mbox{male shoe size} = \frac{\mbox{last length}}{\frac13~\mathrm{in}}-21.5
\mbox{female shoe size (UK)} = \frac{\mbox{last length}}{\frac13~\mathrm{in}}-19.5
\mbox{female shoe size (Australia/NZ)} = \frac{\mbox{last length}}{\frac13~\mathrm{in}}-20.5
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United States and Canada
Shoe size in the United States and Canada is based on the length of the last, measured in barleycorns, minus a constant. This constant differs for shoes intended for men, women and children.
\mbox{male shoe size} = \frac{\mbox{last length}}{\frac13~\mathrm{in}}-22
Women's sizes are almost always determined with the "common" scale, in which women's sizes are equal to men's sizes plus 1.5 (for example, a men's 10.5 is a women's 12). In the less popular scale, known as the "standard" or "FIA" (Footwear Industries of America) scale, women's sizes are men's sizes plus 1 (so a men's 10.5 is a women's 11.5).
\mbox{female shoe size (common)} = \frac{\mbox{last length}}{\frac13~\mathrm{in}}-20.5
\mbox{female shoe size (FIA)} = \frac{\mbox{last length}}{\frac13~\mathrm{in}}-21
Children's sizes are equal to men's sizes plus 12.33. Thus girls' and boys' sizes do not differ, even though men's and women's do.
\mbox{child shoe size} = \frac{\mbox{last length}}{\frac13~\mathrm{in}}-9.67
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Korea
Shoe sizes in Korea represent the length of the foot in millimeters, so the sizes are irrelevant of the wearer's gender. Size numbers come available in multiples of 5 or 10.
2006-07-17 08:19:08 · answer #1 · answered by loving father 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-17 08:29:27 · answer #2 · answered by dl200558 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋