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Yards

The yard is an English unit of length, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches. Did you know that a yard of ale, whilst being 2.5 imperial pints of beer, is so called because the glass is a yard long.

Inches

The inch is a unit of length in the British imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. Since the adoption of the international yard during the 1950s and 1960s it has been based on the metric system and defined as exactly 25.4 mm. The standard size pencil that you may see in schools and offices is 7 inches long.