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Measuring to 1/8 Inch
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Measuring to 1/8 Inch
Use the ruler-style number lines to read and compare lengths. Each small interval represents 1/8 inch. Give measurements in inches and simplify fractions when you can.
Read the marks
1.A craft stick ends at the marked point on this ruler. What is its length?
- 1 3/8 in.
- 1 5/8 in.
- 1 6/8 in.
- 1 7/8 in.
2.A paper strip starts at 1 inch and ends at 2 7/8 inches. How long is the strip? Show the subtraction or explain how you found the difference.
3.Which fraction of an inch names the same length as 6/8 inch?
4.Select every measurement longer than 2 2/8 inches: 2 1/8 in., 2 3/8 in., 2 5/8 in., 2 2/8 in.
- 2 1/8 in. and 2 2/8 in.
- 2 3/8 in. and 2 5/8 in.
- 2 1/8 in. and 2 5/8 in.
- All four measurements
Use the measurements
5.The ends of three ribbon samples are shown by the marked points. Write their lengths in order from shortest to longest.
6.A blue crayon is 2 1/8 inches long. A green crayon is 1 7/8 inches long. How much longer is the blue crayon?
7.A 6-inch piece of string is trimmed to 4 5/8 inches. How much string is removed? Use the number line to help if you wish.
8.Draw a straight line that is exactly 3 3/8 inches long. Begin at the left edge of the box and mark the endpoint.
Use a ruler to draw your line here.
9.True or false: 1 4/8 inches and 1 1/2 inches describe the same length. Explain how you know.
10.Explain how you would locate 5/8 inch on a ruler whose inch is divided into eighths. Include where it falls compared with 1/2 inch and the next quarter-inch mark.
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