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Try ratios like: '1 : 10', '5 to 6', '10' (will be taken as 10 : 1), '1000000'

What does a ratio of 1 : 1 look like?

Height of a standard Barbie doll (292 mm)...

: Length of an A4 page of paper (297 mm) ...

Length of the Mekong River (4,350 km)...

: Length of the Vic-Maui yacht race (4,270 km) ...

Height of the Eiffel Tower (324 m)...

: Height of the Chrysler Building (319 m) ...

Height of the `Shard` skyscraper (London) (310 m)...

: Height of the Abeno Harukas building (tallest in Japan) (310 m) ...

Length of Africa (North to South) (8,000 km)...

: Length of coast-to-coast American Discovery Trail (Southern Route) (8,140 km) ...

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

Click here to learn more about it.

Click here for Podcast: Andrew Elliott interviewed for New Books Network.

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