How many beads are there in a strand?
That depends on the size of the bead. You can figure this out if you know how many milimeters the bead string is, then divide that by the milimeters of the bead’s diameter (for a round bead) or thickness (for a roundel, rectangle, or square bead.) Most bead strands are 15 – 16 inches long. A 15 inch strand is equal to 381 milimeters. A 16 inch strand is equal to 406.4 milimeters. So, if you have a 15 inch strand of beads that measure 4mm x 13mm and the 13mm is the lengthwise measurement, you would have (381 / 13) = 29 beads. Another example is a 16 inch strand of 4mm round beads, you would have (406.4 / 4) = 101 beads. Here is a great web page if you need to convert other numbers to or from metric. Metric Conversions.org.
