Question

Arrange in ascending order: Cubit, yard, handspan.

• A.
  Cubit < Yard < Handspan
• B.
  Yard < Cubit < Handspan
• C.
  Handspan < Cubit < Yard
• D.
  Cubit < Handspan < Yard

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Handspan < Cubit < Yard
We know that:

• Handspan is the maximum distance between tips of thumb and little finger.
• Yard is the distance between the end of the outstreched arm and chin.
• Cubit is the length from the elbow to the fingertips.

Here, the length of one handspan is less than one cubit. Also, the length of one cubit is less than one yard.
Thus, the correct ascending order of the length measured by these units are:
Handspan < Cubit < Yard