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Barleycorns to millimeters formula

Barleycorns to millimeters formula

Use the formula below to convert any value from barleycorns to millimeters:

millimeters = barleycorns × 8.5

To convert from barleycorns to millimeter, you just need to multiply the value in barleycorns by 8.5. (It is called the conversion factor)

Using the formula (some examples):

Convert full barleycorn to millimeters:
a barleycorn = 1 × 8.5 = 8.5 millimeters.

Convert two barleycorn to millimeters:
two barleycorn = 2 × 8.5 = 17 millimeters.

Convert five barleycorns to millimeters:
5 barleycorns = 5 × 8.5 = 42.5 millimeters.

More Examples:

Convert ten barleycorns to millimeters: 10 barleycorns = 10 × 8.5 = 85 millimeters.

Convert twenty barleycorns to millimeters: 20 barleycorns = 20 × 8.5 = 170 millimeters.

Convert fifty barleycorns to millimeters: 50 barleycorns = 50 × 8.5 = 425 millimeters.

Convert a hundred barleycorns to millimeters: 100 barleycorns = 100 × 8.5 = 850 millimeters.

Convert a thousand barleycorns to millimeters: 1000 barleycorns = 1000 × 8.5 = 8500 millimeters.

Definition of Barleycorn

A barleycorn is an archaic Anglo-Saxon unit of length. In medieval times, 3 barleycorns comprising 1 inch was the legal definition of the inch. The barleycorn measure is still the basis for current UK and U.S. shoe sizes.

Definition of Millimeter

A unit of length equal to 1/1000 of a meter and is equivalent to 0.03937 inch. Abbreviation: mm

How big is a millimeter?

Here are examples of things that measure around 1 mm:

  • The thickness of a credit card
  • A typical mechanical pencil tip measures, for example, 0.5, 0.7, or 0.9 mm
  • A medium pen tip size delivers a line that’s about 1.0 mm in width for a ballpoint pen.

Here are more examples of things that measure about one millimeter (order of magnitude):

The width of the lead in a mechanical pencil
The thickness of a credit card
The length of a flea
The width of a grain of salt
The width of a staple
The diameter of the tip of a ballpoint pen
The thickness of a single strand of human hair
The height of the lettering on a penny

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