Everyday Estimation
The Metric System (SI)
Mass
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| 1300 kg |
Small Automobile |
| 70 kg |
Large Dog (Great Dane) |
| 10 kg |
Bicycle |
| 5 kg |
Cat |
| 850 g |
Baseball Bat |
| 270 g |
NCAA Volleyball |
| 150 g |
Cell Phone |
| 46 g |
Golf Ball |
5 g
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Nickel Coin ($0.05) |
2.5 g
|
Penny Coin ($0.01) |
| 1 g |
Currency Note (regardless of denomination) |
| 600 mg |
Cotton Ball |
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| 43 km |
NIST to The Whitehouse |
| 90 m |
Football Field (Length) |
| 3 m |
2 Lane Highway (Width) |
| 1 m |
NCAA Volleyball Net (Width) |
| 153 mm |
Currency ($5 Bill) |
| 66 cm |
NCAA Volleyball (Circumference) |
| 19 cm |
Pencil |
| 1 mm |
Thickness of a Dime |
| 7 um |
Average Human Hair |
Volume
|
| 1 ML |
Olympic Swimming Pool |
| 235 L |
Bathtub |
| 5 L |
Blood in Human Body |
| 4L |
Full Human Stomach |
| 3.79 L |
Gallon of Milk |
| 355 mL |
Soda Pop Can |
| 200 mL |
Juice Box |
| 80 mL |
Empty Human Stomach |
| 15 mL |
Eye Drop Bottle |
Area
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162 m²
(9 m) x (18 m) |
NCAA Volleyball Court |
616 cm²
(22 cm) x (28 cm) |
Office Paper |
5.28 cm²
(2.2 cm) x (2.4 cm) |
First Class Postage Stamp |
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5600 °C
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Surface of the Sun
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100 °C
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Water Boils
|
37 °C
|
Human Body Temperature
|
20 °C
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Room Temperature
|
0 °C
|
Water Freezes
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