What does 40 centimetres look like?

40-Centimetre Distance Comparisons

• Measured against the long side of a €100 note, 40 centimetres spans about 2.7 times that reference.

  Using the source measurement of 14.7 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 2.7 of it.

  Source: European Central Bank

• For scale, 40 centimetres is about 37% of the height of a tennis net at the posts.

  Its published measurement is 107 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: International Tennis Federation

• For scale, 40 centimetres is about 67% of the long side of an A2 sheet.

  Using the source measurement of 59.4 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 67% of it.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• Measured against the long side of an A5 sheet, 40 centimetres spans about 1.9 times that reference.

  Using the source measurement of 21 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 1.9 of it.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• For scale, 40 centimetres is about 48% of the long side of an A1 sheet.

  Using the source measurement of 84.1 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 48% of it.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• Measured against the height of a tennis net at centre, 40 centimetres spans about 44% of that reference.

  Using the source measurement of 91.4 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 44% of it.

  Source: International Tennis Federation

• Measured against the long side of a €200 note, 40 centimetres spans about 2.6 times that reference.

  The comparison uses the published dimension, converted into the same unit before the proportion is calculated.

  Source: European Central Bank

• 40 centimetres is approximately 15.7 inches.

  Using the exact conversion that 1 centimetre equals exactly 0.3937007874 inches, the unrounded result is 15.748 inches.