Everyday Estimation
The Metric System (SI)
Mass
|
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
|
Nickel Coin ($0.05)
|
2.5 g
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Penny Coin ($0.01)
|
600 mg |
Cotton Ball |
|
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
|
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
|
Surface of the Sun
|
100 °C
|
Water Boils
|
37 °C
|
Human Body Temperature
|
20 °C
|
Room Temperature
|
0 °C
|
Water Freezes
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