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Skip to main content Skip to sub-navigation. Ruler Introduction This section will help you correctly read all metric rulers including the 'four fold ruler'. Question 1 The ruler length is 1 metre, what is this in millimetres? This may be harder to work with than a single plastic card, though. Align the outer edge of the card with your chosen starting point on the object.
Imagine that the card is a ruler, and that the edge is the 0mm line. Use a pen or pencil to draw a thin line along the inner edge of the card. Run the tip of your writing utensil down the card to trace a line long enough to be plainly visible. This marks a distance of 0. Sharpening your pencil or using a pen with an ultra-fine point will help.
Slide the card down to the other side of the line and repeat the process. This line will be 1. Reset your card on the far edge of your second line and draw another. Continue measuring and marking in small increments until you reach the end of the object, then count up the number of individual spaces. Make sure you count the spaces between the lines and not the lines themselves, since there will be 1 too many.
To increase your precision a bit, count every 4 lines as 3 millimeters total. Multiply inches by 2. Multiply inches by Not Helpful 7 Helpful 4. Milligrams are measured by a weight scale. First weigh an empty container. Then put the liquid into the container, and weigh it again. Subtract the weight of the empty container from the weight of the container with the liquid in it.
That gives you the weight of the liquid. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 5. Not Helpful 3 Helpful 6. Convert linear dimensions to millimeters if necessary, then multiply them together to get square millimeters. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 4. Multiply 36 x 27 x 28, then divide by 16, The answer will be in cubic inches. Or convert all measurements to inches first, then multiply. There are Not Helpful 2 Helpful 4. I need to get a shredder that shreds the paper to 1 mm x 5 mm or smaller.
Convert each millimeter measurement to centimeters by dividing each number by Then multiply the three new numbers together.
Or you could multiply the three mm measurements together, and divide by 1, In either case the answer would be in cubic centimeters. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 3.
Because one centimeter equals 10 millimeters, 5 cm is 50 mm, and 5 cm 4 mm is 54 mm. Is there a metric measurement smaller than a millimeter? What is the metric equivalent to one 64th of an inch? There are many metric units much smaller than a millimeter. See Section 4 of Wikipedia's article on the metric system. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 2. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered.
Knowing how to measure millimeters is a useful skill. The dimensions of many common products and specialty items are given in millimeters, including tools and building materials, electronic components, eyeglass lenses, and jewelry. Helpful 2 Not Helpful 0. The metric system is known today by a different name: the International System of Units SI for short. The strand comes to the ninth line after 16 cm on the ruler. This would mean the strand is If you want any extra assistance with learning how to read a ruler in cm or inches, videos and worksheets can be excellent resources.
All of these resources, in addition to the handful of practice questions we gave you above, should be enough to get you reading a ruler in no time at all! Got questions about decimals and fractions? Our expert guides will teach you how to convert decimals to fractions and how to add and subtract fractions.
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