millimeter decimal inch closest fractional inch
5mm 0.20" 1/5"
6mm 0.24" 1/4"
8mm 0.31" 5/16"
10mm 0.39" between 3/8 & 7/16"
12mm 0.47" between 7/16 & 1/2"
14mm 0.55" between 1/2 & 9/16"
16mm 0.63" 5/8"
18mm 0.71" between 5/8 & 3/4"  (diameter of a US dime, a penny is 19mm))
20mm 0.79" between 3/4 & 13/16"
22mm 0.87" 7/8"    (a US nickel is 21mm)
24mm 0.95" between 15/16 & 1"  (diameter of a US quarter)
25mm 0.98" hair under 1"
26mm 1.02" hair over 1"
28mm 1.10" 1-1/8"
30mm 1.18" 1-3/16"  (the diameter of a US half dollar is 30.61mm)
32mm 1.26" 1-1/4"
34mm 1.34" 1-1/3"
35mm 1.38" 1-3/8"
36mm 1.42" 1-7/16"
38mm 1.50" 1-1/2"
40mm 1.57" 1-9/16"  (a golf ball is about 43mm, 1.68" in diameter)
45mm 1.77" 1-3/4"
49mm 1.93" 1-15/16"
50mm 1.97" 2"
55mm 2.16" 2-1/8"
60mm 2.36" 2-1/3"
63mm 2.48" 2-1/2"
65mm 2.56" 2-9/16"
67mm 2.64" 2-5/8"  (size of a tennis ball)
70mm 2.75 2-3/4"
76mm 3" 3"       (an average base ball is about 74mm)
80mm 3.15" 3-1/8"
90mm 3.54" 3-1/2"
100mm 3.94" 4"     (the diameter of a soft ball avg's 3.5-3.8" unless you're in Chicago)
110mm 4.33" 4-1/3"
120mm 4.72" 4-3/4"
1000mm 
(1 meter)
39.37 39-3/8"