Question

Arrange the ancient units (bottom to top) in the increasing order of their lengths.

• A. Cubit
• B. Armspan
• C. Inch
• D. Handspan

Answer 1

- Armspan is the distance between the tip of the middle fingers of both the hands when we stretch our arm.
- Cubit is the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger.
- Handspan is the distance between the tip of the little finger and the tip of the thumb when we spread our hand.
- Inch is the width of the thumb.

Therefore the correct order would be:
Armspan > Cubit > Handspan > Inch