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Length and Area

Length

Length

  • Standard units for length are kilometres (km), meters (m), centimetres (cm) and millimetres (mm).
Imperial units

Imperial units

  • For long distances either kilometres or miles can be used.
    • 5 miles is roughly 8 kilometres.
  • Miles are imperial (traditional) units. The other imperial units for length are feet, yards and inches.
Area

Area

  • Standard units for area are square kilometres (km2), square metres (m2), square centimetres (cm2) and square millimetres (mm2).
Converting area units

Converting area units

  • To convert between different units of area, write out the measure as a multiplication and convert each part separately.
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