11 inches is 27.94 centimeters (279.4 mm), or 0.92 feet: just one inch short of a foot. It is the long side of a standard sheet of US Letter paper, and about the length of an NFL football. Inches (in)=Centimeters…
10 inches is 25.4 centimeters, 254 millimeters, or 0.83 feet (5/6 of a foot): two inches short of a full foot. It is the diameter of a classic dinner plate and of the standard table saw blade. Inches (in)=Centimeters (cm)…
8 inches is 20.32 centimeters (203.2 mm), or two thirds of a foot. It is the short side of an 8 × 10 photo, and about the height of a standard concrete block, which is actually 7⅝ inches tall. 8…
6 inches is 15.24 centimeters (152.4 mm), or exactly half a foot. It is the length of a 6-inch sub, which is why a footlong is called a footlong: it is two of them end to end. 6 inches in…
5 inches is 12.7 centimeters (127 mm), or 5/12 of a foot. It is the length of a 5-inch inseam, the short style of shorts that sits two inches higher on the leg than the classic 7-inch cut. 5 inches…