A "meterstick" one meter in length is 39.37 inches, compared to a yard at 36 inches. So while the two can be comparable for rough estimates, a more precise value of 39 inches, or 3 1/4 ft (3.28 feet)...
When it's close to " nothing " I'd say less than 10%. In a survey taken by USA Today several years ago, the most popular answers for this very question was " about 3 % " and " very little ". 10 % is...