(Click on the image to download and print.) Before long, it will come natural but until then you can reference this diagram. I realize this is simple once you break it down, but in order to be able to measure something and spout off the CORRECT measurement without counting the lines every time (maybe it’s just me) I need it to be broken down. Shortest lines are the 16ths, going up in length to 8ths, 4ths, 1/2 and inch. If you look at the picture below you can see how this all makes sense. Makes sense right? And those 8ths can be broken down even more, until you get to 4ths and a 1/2. The 16ths can be reduced into 8ths, like the picture above. This little bit of knowledge is what I was missing. Every single line on the tape measure can be broken down into 16ths. This is what helped me, seeing it broken down…I’m a visual learner. (For all of you mathematically inclined people, please ignore my simplistic break down of an already basic tape! You can just skip ahead to another project! □ ) So, I thought we could do a little: How To Read a Tape Measure 101. My guess is that many of you are in the same boat as me. If I had to measure something that didn’t fall within one of those marks I would just mark the tape measure with a pencil or count the lines…you know it might be 32″ and 3 little lines. I knew the the basics…1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and inches, but the other lines were always a mystery. In my defense I had never been taught what all the “little lines” meant. I have a confession!! I struggle (or struggled until recently) to read a tape measure.
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