Measurement
Measuring in inches
Measure eight actual-size line segments up to 6 inches with any nonempty mix of whole through 1/32-inch lengths and six ruler-display choices.
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Converting feet and inches
Practice sixteen exact conversions among compound feet-and-inches lengths, total inches and whole feet, with fractional precision through sixteenths, thirty-seconds or sixty-fourths.
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Convert each U.S. customary length exactly between feet, inches and compound feet-and-inches notation.
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Exchange twelve inches per foot without losing or decimalizing fractional-inch precision.
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Convert 3 ft 5 1/2 in to inches.
41 1/2 in
Three feet equal 36 inches. Add 5 1/2 inches to get 41 1/2 inches, keeping the fractional part exact.
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- Multiply the feet by twelve before combining the inch remainder.
- When converting total inches back, divide by twelve and keep a remainder below twelve.
- The denominator setting applies only to fractional compound mode.
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