Measuring and Fractions (making sense of parts list measurements) | |||
A tape measure is a handy measuring tool. It is easy to use and gives consistent information. School rulers and yardsticks do not reliably measure from the end... there is a small space between the end and the "0" mark which gives un-reliable results | |||
American measurements are in inches, and fractions of an inch such as halfs, quarters, and eighths. The smallest measurement on this tape measure is 1/16" (one sixteenth of an inch"). Click here for more information on measuring fractions |
|||
It would be listed in a parts list as 9" x 2
1/2" (and called "nine inches by two-and-one-half inches") |
|||
It would be listed as 7 1/4" x 2
21/32", mitered (and called "seven and one-quarter inches by two and twenty-one thirty-second inches") |
|||
It would be listed as 9 7/32 x
3/4, beveled
(and called "nine and seven thirty-seconds by three-quarters, beveled") |
|||