The typical size of a pencil case will be 7 to 10 inches in length, 5 inches wide, and roughly 3 inches thick. However, the exact measurement figures will vastly vary between pencil case models.
Rubber bands range from 7/8 to 7 inches long and 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch wide and measure about 1/32 of an inch thick.
A typical glue stick tube will measure around 3 inches long and ¾ of an inch in diameter. Mini glue sticks will be about 5/16 of an inch wide and about 2-1/2 inches in length.
From 4 of the most popular tissue brands, the average size of a rectangular box is 11.44 × 4.38 × 2.79 inches. As for cubed tissue boxes, their average dimensions are 4.43 × 4.36 × 5.06 inches.
Most rulers measure 12 inches or 30 centimeters long, not including the slight margins on both ends of the ruler. There are also yardsticks and meters ticks which measure 3 feet and 100 centimeters, respectively.
The typical pen will measure between 13.5 and 15.5 centimeters, giving an average of around 14 centimeters or 5.5 inches.
There are four distinct crayon sizes—jumbo, large, regular, and triangular. Typically, their measurements are 5 × 9/16 inches, 4 × 7/16 inches, 3-5/8 × 5/16 inches, and 4 × ½ inches, respectively.
Block-shaped pencil sharpeners will usually measure 1 × 5/8 × 7/16 inches in size. A wall-mounted pencil sharpener will measure around 5 × 5 × 3 inches.
A typical highlighter will measure about 5-7/8 inches long and 1-1/2 inches in diameter. The tip of a highlighter comes in various styles, which range in width from 0.03 millimeters all the way up to 50 millimeters.
There are 4 fountain pen nib sizes to choose from—extra-fine (0.5 millimeters), fine (0.6 millimeters), medium (0.75 millimeters), and broad (0.9 millimeters). However, Japanese fountain pens use might finer nibs, measuring between 0.3 and 0.6 millimeters.
A dry-erase marker measures around 5.6 inches in length and 0.7 inches in diameter. The tip will usually come in two styles—bullet (2 millimeters) and chisel (3 to 5 millimeters).
An eraser varies in size, but a standard eraser will measure around 1.8 inches long, 0.7 inches wide, and 0.5 inches thick. There are also massive eraser varieties that are 5.5 inches long and 2 inches wide.