What is a Nanometer?

Hello Readers,

We learned about NanoDays at my after school group!

My hand is 160 million nanometers long!
I am 1,470,000,000 nanometers tall!

Do you know what a nanometer is? A nanometer is a billionth of a meter.

A pair of eyeglasses is 130 nanometers long.
A drinking straw is over 200 million nanometers long.
A pen is 140 nanometers long.
A stapler is 170 nanometers long
A glass is 160 nanometers long.
A sharpen pencil is 185 million nanometers long.

It is easy to measure in nanometers using the following chart.
You will need a ruler with centimeters on it.
Measurements:
0 cm = 0 nanometers
1 cm = 10 million nanometers
2 cm = 20 million nanometers
3 cm = 30 million nanometers
4 cm = 40 million nanometers
5 cm = 50 million nanometers
6 cm = 60 million nanometers
7 cm = 70 million nanometers
8 cm = 80 million nanometers
9 cm = 90 million nanometers
10 cm = 100 million nanometers
11 cm = 110 million nanometers

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