length
2006-09-08 10:36:06 · 11 answers · asked by Yao 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Well, if you are using the metric system, then the METER (and millimeters) is the basic unit.
If not, then I would say it's FEET (and inches).
2006-09-08 10:38:15 · answer #1 · answered by JaneB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The basic unit of length in the metric system is the meter.
2006-09-08 10:39:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most countries in the world use the metric system, and it is also the basic system for international trade. In the metric system, the basic unit of length is the meter.
If you happen to be in the US, then your basic unit is feet and inches as the US is one of the few countries of the world that does not use metric measure.
2006-09-08 10:48:50 · answer #3 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imperial well-known of length: The worldwide backyard is defined in terms of the metric gadget of contraptions to be precisely 0.9144 metres. This definition grew to become into agreed upon with the help of the U. S., Canada, the united kingdom, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand in 1959. notwithstanding, the U. S. persevered to apply its previous national definition of the size contraptions for surveying applications. metric gadget is incorrect terminology. The worldwide gadget of contraptions (abbreviated SI from the French Le Système worldwide d'Unités) is the in demand style of the metric gadget and is principally a gadget devised around the ease of the quantity ten. this is the worldwide's maximum broadly used gadget of length, the two in well-known commerce and in technology. Unit of length in SI gadget is the meter.
2016-12-18 07:06:03 · answer #4 · answered by oreilly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the basic unit of length is the meter.
2006-09-08 10:39:09 · answer #5 · answered by alexander k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the unit of length should be the same as the units for height and width.
If the height is in feet, the length and width should also be in feet. etc.
2006-09-08 10:42:30 · answer #6 · answered by pappy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meter on the metric system
Inches, Feet, Mile on the other
2006-09-08 10:51:45 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ Lips of Morphine ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SI unit: meter
2006-09-08 10:38:43 · answer #8 · answered by D J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in the USA it is inches, feet, and yards, miles
2006-09-08 10:42:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
centimeter (cm) or meter (m).
2006-09-08 11:29:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋