How Long Is Potato? 8 cm (3.15 in) Compared | Magnitudle

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Potato (8 cm) drawn to scale beside a large coin (2.4 cm) and a smartphone (14.7 cm) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Large coin (2.4 cm), Potato (8 cm) and Smartphone (14.7 cm).

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How big is that, really?

About the same length as a credit card
About 54% of the height of a smartphone
About 3.3× the width of a large coin
As long as about 11 grains of rice end to end
About 21% of the height of a bowling pin

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Facts about Potato

The potato is a swollen underground stem called a tuber, rather than a root.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Potato; USDA FoodData Central — Potatoes, flesh and skin, raw

Food & Drink

Name	Size	Compared with Potato
Lemon	7 cm (2.76 in)	0.88×
Tomato	7 cm (2.76 in)	0.88×
Kiwi fruit	7 cm (2.76 in)	0.88×
Peach	7 cm (2.76 in)	0.88×
Orange	8 cm (3.15 in)	same size
Potato	8 cm (3.15 in)	this page
Beetroot	8 cm (3.15 in)	same size
Onion	8 cm (3.15 in)	same size
Hamburger	10 cm (3.94 in)	1.3×
Avocado	10 cm (3.94 in)	1.3×

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