Customary Length

An inch, a foot and a yard (and a yard)
An inch, a foot and a yard (and a yard)
If you use your knuckles, it's not hard
An inch, a foot and a yard (and a yard)

12 inches in a foot (in a foot)
3 feet in a yard (in a yard)
12 x 3 is really not that hard
36 inches in a yard (in a yard)

*Explanation

Did you know that you can use your body to get an estimate of units of length?  
Curl up your finger, and from knuckle to knuckle you have about an inch.
Make a fist, and from your elbow to your knuckle is about a foot.
Stretch your arm out, make a fist, and from your other shoulder to your knuckles is about a yard. 

Customary Length

There are 16 ounces in a pound 
There are 2,000 pounds in a ton 
There are 1,000 grams that are in a kilogram 
Equivalent masses are so fun!!!!! 

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