We measure food, time, land, distance, and buildings - sometimes, we even measure ourselves. We have all kinds of tools to help us measure these things, but what did people do in the past?
Practise measuring some things in your house. • How many cubits (page 5) is the length of your bed? • How many digits (page 7) is the height of your computer? • How many spans (page 7) is the length of your kitchen bench? Now follow the instructions on pages 24 and 25 to find the area of your foot.