Length - practice problems

Length measures the extent of an object in one dimension, such as the height of a door or the span of a bridge. Distance quantifies the separation between two points in space, like the miles between cities or the meters from home to school. While length is an intrinsic property of an object, distance depends on the path taken between locations. Both concepts use units like meters or feet but differ in context—length describes size, while distance describes spacing. In physics, distance is a scalar value representing how far apart objects are, regardless of direction.