Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between one metre and ten metres. One metre is equivalent to 39 inches, 3.28 feet, 100 centimetres, or 1000 millimetres. Distances shorter than 1 m 1 metre is: side of square with area 1 m². edge of cube with surface area 6 m² and volume 1 m³. radius of circle with area 3.14 m² radius of sphere with surface area 12.56 m² and volume 4.19 m³ 1 m -- wavelength of the highest VHF radio frequency, 300 MHz 1.1 - 1.2 m -- a pizote (mammal) 1.435m -- Standard gauge of railway track 1.70 m (5 feet 7 inches) - one smoot 1.83 m -- (6 feet) height of average/tall male human 2.77 - 3.44 m -- wavelength of the broadcast radio FM band 108 - 87 MHz 3.048 m -- (10 feet) height of the basket in basketball 4.80 - 5.50 m -- height of a giraffe 10 m -- wavelength of the lowest VHF radio frequency, 30 MHz Distances longer than 10 m See also: orders of magnitude, orders of magnitude (length) External link Conversion Calculator for Units of LENGTH This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.