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Measured in Inches...
TopJimmyCooks:
Surveyors use tenths of a foot for elevations. Grade rods have 10ths of a foot on one side and inches on the other side, typically. Machinists use "tenths" as slang for ten-thousandths of an inch. Just keep your daughter out of the surveyor/machinist aisle of the school store and she'll do fine.
Ond:
So is that a Decimal Inch (because there is such a thing)? Where does that fit in and is it base 10? Must be if its in tenths. A quick search reveals the Scottish Inch and the Swedish Inch . WTF? :lol
Nephasth:
I like metric as much as imperial, but this was one bastardized child of a ruler... Nothing like a ruler that states "inches", has the medium length marks for 1/2" increments, but has 10 1/8" marks per inch. :lol Been a while since I've been led on for that long...
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Hoopz on March 26, 2012, 09:19:50 pm ---Did she learn to "carry the one" or do they call it "regrouping"? I have a couple friends who teach elementary ed/intermediate level and I blow them grief about that term all the time.
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This was one of the driving forces behind why I have up teaching my stepdaughter math. I get the logic behind why they do this, but it continues to complicate things more than necessary.
Malenko:
are you sure you weren't measuring with a scale and not a ruler?
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