Knowing how to use and read retractable Horse weight lbs tape measures and traditional tape measures can be an important asset for anyone who operates them by hand, so start learning and measuring today. Read imperial units metered units:
1. Indicate the inches with large markers.
2. Use the larger mark between the two one-inch marks as the half-inch mark.
3. Make a quarter inch with a smaller line between half an inch.
4. Indicate an eighth inch with small, regular small markers.
5. Indicate sixteenth-inch with densely packed small marks.
6. Add the inch segments to determine the total length.
7. Use large, numbered marks to represent centimeters. Between 0.5 cm with smaller markers represent 0.5 cm. Millimeters are represented Pi tape measure by densely packed small marks, and small, tight narrow lines between centimeter markers represent millimeters (or tenths of a centimeter).