How To Read A Ruler In Cm And Mm

Get out your metric ruler and take a look at the lines.

How to read a ruler in cm and mm. The measurements are decimalized and there are no fractions. In the drawing below we show various options for cm and mm and how to correctly read the ruler. The smallest unit a metric ruler can measure is 1 mm or 0 1 cm. How to read ruler in cm centimeter firstly always read ruler from left to right.

There are smaller lines between the larger centimeter lines which represent millimeters. To convert millimeters to centimeters move the decimal point one place to the left. A metric ruler features two types of lines. The individual lines between the numbers represent millimeters.

Within the first centimeter alone every line from 0 would equal the following. Alternatively to read an english ruler start by looking for the. Keep in mind that there are 10 mm to 1 cm. To read a metric ruler to measure centimeters look at the long lines on the ruler that are numbered 1 30 which are the centimeter marks.

Each millimeter is one tenth of a centimeter so ten. The other side of the ruler will have markings for cm and mm measurement. Millimeters abbreviated as mm there are 100 cm in a m and 10 mm in a cm thus there are also 1000mm in 1 m. In between cm mark there are 10 smaller marks which are millimeters mm 1 cm equal to 10 mm.

To read a metric ruler each individual line represents 10 1 10 of a centimeter or 1 millimeter notice when converting from centimeters to millimeters the decimal point is moved one place to the right. The distance between them is equal to 1 centimeter. The smallest lines mark millimeters or mm. These are the smallest lines on the ruler that is the ones that come between the whole centimeter and 1 2 centimeters.

While reading measurement in metric ruler it will write in decimal for example 1 2 cm write as 0 5 cm. The largest mark centimeters or cm. Reading a metric ruler.