How To Read Ruler

Now look towards the center of the ribbon.

How to read ruler. Then combine both of these to get the exact reading. Line up your metric ruler against the object you wish to measure with one end of the object aligned with the 0 point of the ruler. If print layout isn t already highlighted click it now. Keep in mind that there are 10 mm to 1 cm. The largest ticks on a ruler represent a full inch and the distance between each large tick is 1.

The distance between those lines is 1 inch and then the smaller lines between them are 1 2 1 4 1 6 and 1 8 inches. In this article we will learn how to read an inch that has been divided into 16 parts. On the ribbon switch to the view tab all the way on the right. Hi my honeybees i decided to upload this video today instead of tomorrow because it will be a little hectic to upload content tomorrow and i don t want t. The large ticks that are in between the inch markings are half inch markings and the distance between an inch tick and a half inch tick is 1 2.

If you counted in 1 4 inches on a ruler you d see that the fourth line after 0 inches equals 1 4 inch the eighth line equals 2 4 1 2 inch and the 12th line equals 3 4 inch. Also while converting it into calculation you need to separate out the fraction part from the whole part. Inches the longest lines on a ruler or tape measure represent the inch markings for example 1 inch 2 inches 3 inches and so forth. Count by 1 4 ths 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4. We are going to count them off in quarters the first mark being 1 4 the second mark would be 2 4 but it s already labeled as 1 2 and the 3rd mark will be labeled as 3 4.

While reading the ruler first mark down the whole inch and then mark down the fractions. Reading a ruler starts with understanding what all the ticks mean. The third biggest lines on a ruler are the 1 4 inch lines which appear midway between the 1 2 inch and whole inch lines. For illustration if you have 3 2 as a reading then write it like 1 1 2. In the show section enable the rulers option.

The measurements are decimalized and there are no fractions. An inch can be divided into 8 16 or even 32 parts. There are two unlabeled marks on the ruler.