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Match the following.

Finger width

Pace

Foot span

Cubit

Handspan

Look at the picture given. The girl is measuring one side of
the table with her arm and the boy is measuring the other
side of the table with his hand. Do you think they both will

have the same measurements?
The size of body parts differs from person to person. This

means measurements taken with body parts will also differ from person to
person. So, to bring accuracy and uniformity in measurements, standard units

and devices to measure length were invented.

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