• Question: what is your opinion on feet?

    Asked by charlottewilliams to Carol, Ellie, John, Philip, Rebecca on 25 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: John Welford

      John Welford answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      The feet on the end of my legs I find very useful for balancing. I also use them to pedal my bike.

      Feet as a unit of measurement are part of an old system of of “Imperial” units, along with yards, stone, inches and a whole load of others. Scientists and Engineers tend not to use feet as a measurement unit as they are difficult to work with. There are:
      12 inches in a foot
      3 feet in a yard
      1760 yards in a mile

      We tend to use the SI unit system which work with multiples of 10, 100 or 1000. This makes the maths a lot easier:
      10millimetres in a centimetre
      100centimetres in a metre
      1000metres in a kilometre

      Some people still prefer to work in old units, try asking your parents or teachers how tall they are and see if they tell you in feet or metres?

    • Photo: Carol White

      Carol White answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      I LOVE my feet, though I’m not sure about other people’s!

      I have pretty good coordination of my toes, so I can pick up a pen and write/draw – not very neatly though..

      I also know someone with webbed toes… do you think that could be a sign of evolution? He certainly thinks so!

    • Photo: Rebecca Lacey

      Rebecca Lacey answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      Hi I personally don’t like my own feet but feet are massively important for us to be able to stand up, walk and balance. Without them we would be pretty stuck!

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