Measurement
Reading rulers and tape measures
Read eight absolute fractional-inch endpoints on a standard ruler or tape measure, through thirty-seconds.
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Reading a decimal ruler
Read eight absolute endpoints on enlarged five-inch windows divided into exact tenths.
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Read each absolute endpoint in decimal inches.
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Read a decimal-inch scale from a nonzero whole-inch station.
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A five-inch window begins at 3 in and the marker is seven tenths later.
3.7 in
Start at the absolute 3-inch label and count seven 0.1-inch intervals.
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- Use the whole-inch labels as anchors.
- The half-inch tick is emphasized, but every minor interval is 0.1 inch.
- These diagrams are enlarged and are not actual-size rulers.
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