When your height is measured at the doctor’s office, you usually stand next to a device called a stadiometer. A stadiometer is a long ruler attached to the wall.

Measure the distance from the floor to the spot on the wall to find out the height. How to convert Some tape measures have centimeters on one side and inches on the other.

Measure from the floor to the pencil mark with a measuring tape. Keep the measuring tape flat against the wall. If your measuring tape is too short to measure your full height, measure as high as you can and make a pencil mark on the wall. Note the measur