How Do You Read A Metric Tape Measure?
Most Americans know how to read an English, or Imperial, tape measure. The metric tape measure, however, is more common to people in Europe and other parts of the world. Because metric measurements are based on tens, however, and are more easy to compute, more and more fields are changing to the metric system. The sciences, for instance, use metric measurements. Understand that a metric tape measures use centimeters instead of inches. Each centimeter is divided into ten sections called millimeters. All you have to do is read the larger lines (centimeters) and then number of millimeters of the last centimeter if the object does not measure an exact number of centimeters. Align the first large mark of the metric tape measure with the bottom edge of the book. Stretch the tape to the top edge. Read the number of whole centimeters, and if the book is longer than the last whole centimeter, read the number of millimeters beyond the last whole centimeter necessary to complete the length of the
