1 / 5

How To Read a Measuring Tape

How To Read a Measuring Tape. By: Mr. Herrera. 16 th ’s of an inch (1/16). A 1/16 of an inch, is usually the smallest measurement on a tape measure. The distance between every line on the tape measure is 1/16 of an inch. 8 th ’s of an inch (1/8).

bluma
Download Presentation

How To Read a Measuring Tape

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. How To Read a Measuring Tape By: Mr. Herrera

  2. 16th’s of an inch (1/16) A 1/16 of an inch, is usually the smallest measurement on a tape measure. The distance between every line on the tape measure is 1/16 of an inch.

  3. 8th’s of an inch (1/8) An 1/8 of an inch is twice as big as the 1/16 of an inch. It is every other mark.

  4. 4th’s or Quarters of an inch 1/4 of an inch is every four marks on your tape measure.

  5. Half's & whole inches A 1/2 (half) inch is exactly what it sounds like: Half of 1 inch. Inches are the long lines that cross either half of, or all of the 1" width of the tape. They usually are preceded or followed by numbers.

More Related