The inch is 3 grains of barley of course! At least the kind of barley they had In the 14th century. Alternatively the length of 12 poppy seeds in a line. You probably have lots of those lying around your house right?
The foot is about the size of a clown shoe, duh!
And the mile is about the length of 1000 paces from a malnourished roman soldier
It’s a matter of habit. You intuitively know how much foot is, how much mile is, and it’s only a matter of time and habit that you start intuitively getting meters and centimeters the same way.
But for as long as you make this transition, remember that:
1 inch is about 2,5 cm,
1 foot is about 1/3 of a meter
1 mile is about 1,5 kilometers.
Yes, those are not super accurate, but those are simple numbers and they give you a quick idea.
To be fair, when people give me measurements in Metric, I just get confused as I have no frame of reference
1 meter ≈ one large step
1 centimeter ≈ width of an index finger
that helps with the centimeter, not so much the meter
Its the width of 100 index fingers
Meter is about the length of your leg, if you’re average sized.
1 meter = roughly 1 european badger (with tail)
What’s your frame of reference when using imperial?
The inch is 3 grains of barley of course! At least the kind of barley they had In the 14th century. Alternatively the length of 12 poppy seeds in a line. You probably have lots of those lying around your house right?
The foot is about the size of a clown shoe, duh!
And the mile is about the length of 1000 paces from a malnourished roman soldier
And inch is the length of a finger between knuckles, a foot is the obvious and a yard is the length of my stride
Same is true for feet, miles and whatever.
It’s a matter of habit. You intuitively know how much foot is, how much mile is, and it’s only a matter of time and habit that you start intuitively getting meters and centimeters the same way.
But for as long as you make this transition, remember that:
Yes, those are not super accurate, but those are simple numbers and they give you a quick idea.