How to Read a Ruler

How to Read a Ruler

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How to Read a Ruler

In this lesson, you will learn how to read both an imperial and metric ruler, which will be useful in all of your draping, pattern making, sewing and fashion art projects. We will teach you how to identify all of the hatch markings on a ruler such as sixteenths and eighths of an inch, as well as centimeters on a metric ruler and then how to convert inches to centimeters and centimeters to inches. Finally, we will look at converting fractions to decimals for use in measuring your projects.

 

 

 

Module Description Step
1 Reading the Imperial Ruler 1-15
2 Reading the Metric Ruler 1-8
3 Understanding Measurement Conversions 1-10
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MODULE 1 • Reading the Imperial Ruler

Step Description
1 In the following lesson, you will learn how to read both an imperial and metric ruler.
2 To start, let’s take a look at the imperial ruler.
3 The imperial ruler is used for taking measurements most often in the United States. In the U.S., we use units of measure such as inches, feet, and yards.

 

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