How to Compare Measurement Units with Physical Objects

units1 How to Compare Measurement Units with Physical Objects

Telling me that 100m = 328 feet doesn’t really mean much to me.

Telling me that 100m = 2 Olympic-sized swimming pools does.

SensibleUnits.com is a free unit conversion service which helps you understand how long, large, or heavy something is by equating it with physical real life objects which most people can relate to better. Perfect for putting any measurement into context.

units3 How to Compare Measurement Units with Physical Objects

units4 How to Compare Measurement Units with Physical Objects

units2 How to Compare Measurement Units with Physical Objects

Plus, if not for this service I would never have known that 16 human small intestines could stretch out to 100m :)

Do you use any measurement unit conversion tools? Let us know in the comments!

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Greg

There's an iPhone app that does the same thing, "5ft Monkey". It covers length, weight, area and volume - its pretty cool, it even has the heights of famous people for example I'm the same height as Brad Pitt (not quite as famous though!)

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