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2006-07-31 09:56:43 · 33 answers · asked by arnold 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The average foot is 9"long.
2006-07-31 11:09:21 · answer #1 · answered by any 4 · 3⤊ 4⤋
A size 10 man's foot (US measurement) is 12 inches long. It was standardised quite some time ago. A shoe size is the length of one barleycorn, or 1/3 of an inch, after some starting point. The standard was selected from some monarch's shoe size, which was man's size 10 by modern standards.
So a size 7 man's foot would be 11 inches long, and a size 13 man's foot would be 13 inches long.
A woman's shoe is simply two sizes smaller than a man's. So a size 12 woman's shoe is equal to a size 10 mans shoe, and likely fits a foot one foot long.
Therefore, any man who had a size 10 foot, or a woman who had a size 12 foot, who have 12 inches in his or her foot.
2006-07-31 20:36:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a traditional unit of distance equal to 1/12 foot or exactly 2.54 centimeters. The Old English word ynce is derived from the Latin uncia, meaning a 1/12 part; thus "inch" and "ounce" actually have the same root. The inch was originally defined in England in two ways: as the length of three barleycorns laid end to end, or as the width of a man's thumb at the base of the nail
2006-07-31 10:00:56 · answer #3 · answered by charlesshilston 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely - 12 inches in a foot - That's the definition of a foot.
2006-07-31 09:59:59 · answer #4 · answered by Steve C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the foot is defined to be 12 inches; an inch is defined to be 0.0254 meter, so a foot is exactly 0.3048 meter. So the English system is defined in terms of the metric system.
I would like to see the foot, instead of the meter, be the recognized international unit of length. However I would redefine the foot to be 1 billionth of a light second - the time it takes light to travel in a billionth of a second. To me that is a more natural unit than the meter. Instead of miles, we would have kilofeet. The new foot would be 983571056 of the present one - close enough to size shoes with.
2006-07-31 10:56:05 · answer #5 · answered by alnitaka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...12 inches one foot three feet one yard !!!
2006-07-31 10:00:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
um... i think so but i though there were 1+11 inches in a foot
2006-07-31 12:49:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think so. It was a tight fit, but I crammed all 12 of them in my foot yesterday.
2006-07-31 09:58:53 · answer #8 · answered by Kats 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-07-31 09:57:55 · answer #9 · answered by techzone12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because by definition that is what a foot is.
2006-07-31 12:20:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The European Thought Police will be after all of you recidivists. The answer is "No". There are 30.48 centimetres in a foot.
2006-07-31 10:07:35 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋