converting inches to centmerters
converting inches to centmerters
by joey vasquez on 07/20/05 at 09:34:07
???I'm a english teacher in Italy and I'm trying to teach a kitchen maker how to read a foot measuring tape with 1/16 ths and 1/8 ths and so on .the measurements must be exact and the people are sendind him american standard measurments.can anybody help.???thanks joey
Re: converting inches to centmerters
by Ingeniero on 07/20/05 at 11:49:42
si sabes espaņol enviame la pregunta a mi mail, if you not speak spanish wait a moment while I try help you.
Re: converting inches to centmerters
by Robert Fogt on 07/20/05 at 13:40:22
I do have a page up on reading a ruler here:
http://www.onlineconversion.com/faq_05.htm
Though in your case I think the biggest problem is just converting fractions to decimal. Is that right?
Say you have a number such as 2 1/16 inches. First convert 1/16 to a decimal using your calculator, then add 2.
1/16 = 0.0625
2 + 0.0625 = 2.0625 inches
Then convert that to centimeters.
2.0625 inch = 5.23875 centimeter
Now if you have the downloadable OC Conversion Pro software, you can enter fractions, though you need to enter them a certain way. You need to use the + sign in place of spaces. For example, you would enter the number like:
2+1/16
OC Conversion Pro can convert the fractions automatically.
2+1/16 inch = 5.23875 centimeter
OC Conversion Pro can be found here:
http://www.onlineconversion.com/software.htm