Imperial system<\/h3>\r\nThe imperial system uses feet and inches and fractions of an inch. There are 12 inches to a foot and inches are divided into halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths.\r\nMetric system<\/h3>\r\nThe base unit of length in the metric system is the meter. The meter is divided into 1000 units (millimeters). Measuring tapes are usually marked off in 10 millimeter units (centimeters). One hundred centimeters equals one meter.\r\nConversion Between Imperial and Metric<\/h2>\r\n\r\n \t- 25.4 mm is equal to 1 inch<\/li>\r\n \t
- 304.8 mm equals 1 foot<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
Convert Inches to Millimeters<\/caption>\r\n \r\n\r\nInches<\/th>\r\n Millimeters<\/th>\r\n Actual (mm)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n1 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 2<\/td>\r\n 3.59<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n1 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n 3<\/td>\r\n 3.18<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n3 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 5<\/td>\r\n 4.76<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n1 \/ 4<\/td>\r\n 6<\/td>\r\n 6.35<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n5 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 8<\/td>\r\n 7.94<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n3 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n 10<\/td>\r\n 9.53<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n7 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 11<\/td>\r\n 11.11<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n1 \/ 2<\/td>\r\n 13<\/td>\r\n 12.7<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n9 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 14<\/td>\r\n 14.29<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n5 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n 16<\/td>\r\n 15.88<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n11 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 17<\/td>\r\n 17.46<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n3 \/ 4<\/td>\r\n 19<\/td>\r\n 19.05<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n13 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 21<\/td>\r\n 20.64<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n7 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n 22<\/td>\r\n 22.23<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n15\/16<\/td>\r\n 24<\/td>\r\n 23.81<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n1<\/td>\r\n 25<\/td>\r\n 25.40<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"![\"An](\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2022\/2023\/07\/Measurements-in-sisxteenths.png\" "\\"An")
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Measurement systems<\/h2>\n
The construction industry in Canada uses both the metric and the imperial systems of measurement. The architect\u2019s or engineer\u2019s plans and specifications dictate which system the tradesperson must use; therefore they must carry measuring tools for both systems.<\/p>\n
Imperial system<\/h3>\n
The imperial system uses feet and inches and fractions of an inch. There are 12 inches to a foot and inches are divided into halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths.<\/p>\n
Metric system<\/h3>\n
The base unit of length in the metric system is the meter. The meter is divided into 1000 units (millimeters). Measuring tapes are usually marked off in 10 millimeter units (centimeters). One hundred centimeters equals one meter.<\/p>\n
Conversion Between Imperial and Metric<\/h2>\n\n- 25.4 mm is equal to 1 inch<\/li>\n
- 304.8 mm equals 1 foot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nConvert Inches to Millimeters<\/caption>\n \n\nInches<\/th>\n Millimeters<\/th>\n Actual (mm)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n1 \/ 16<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 3.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1 \/ 8<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 3.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n3 \/ 16<\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n 4.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1 \/ 4<\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n 6.35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n5 \/ 16<\/td>\n 8<\/td>\n 7.94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n3 \/ 8<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n 9.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n7 \/ 16<\/td>\n 11<\/td>\n 11.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1 \/ 2<\/td>\n 13<\/td>\n 12.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n9 \/ 16<\/td>\n 14<\/td>\n 14.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n5 \/ 8<\/td>\n 16<\/td>\n 15.88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n11 \/ 16<\/td>\n 17<\/td>\n 17.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n3 \/ 4<\/td>\n 19<\/td>\n 19.05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n13 \/ 16<\/td>\n 21<\/td>\n 20.64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n7 \/ 8<\/td>\n 22<\/td>\n 22.23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n15\/16<\/td>\n 24<\/td>\n 23.81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1<\/td>\n 25<\/td>\n 25.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":2001,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-52","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":42,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52\/revisions\/811"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/42"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Conversion Between Imperial and Metric<\/h2>\r\n\r\n \t- 25.4 mm is equal to 1 inch<\/li>\r\n \t
- 304.8 mm equals 1 foot<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
Convert Inches to Millimeters<\/caption>\r\n \r\n\r\nInches<\/th>\r\n Millimeters<\/th>\r\n Actual (mm)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n1 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 2<\/td>\r\n 3.59<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n1 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n 3<\/td>\r\n 3.18<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n3 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 5<\/td>\r\n 4.76<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n1 \/ 4<\/td>\r\n 6<\/td>\r\n 6.35<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n5 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 8<\/td>\r\n 7.94<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n3 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n 10<\/td>\r\n 9.53<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n7 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 11<\/td>\r\n 11.11<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n1 \/ 2<\/td>\r\n 13<\/td>\r\n 12.7<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n9 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 14<\/td>\r\n 14.29<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n5 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n 16<\/td>\r\n 15.88<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n11 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 17<\/td>\r\n 17.46<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n3 \/ 4<\/td>\r\n 19<\/td>\r\n 19.05<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n13 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n 21<\/td>\r\n 20.64<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n7 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n 22<\/td>\r\n 22.23<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n15\/16<\/td>\r\n 24<\/td>\r\n 23.81<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n1<\/td>\r\n 25<\/td>\r\n 25.40<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Measurement systems<\/h2>\n
The construction industry in Canada uses both the metric and the imperial systems of measurement. The architect\u2019s or engineer\u2019s plans and specifications dictate which system the tradesperson must use; therefore they must carry measuring tools for both systems.<\/p>\n
Imperial system<\/h3>\n
The imperial system uses feet and inches and fractions of an inch. There are 12 inches to a foot and inches are divided into halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths.<\/p>\n
Metric system<\/h3>\n
The base unit of length in the metric system is the meter. The meter is divided into 1000 units (millimeters). Measuring tapes are usually marked off in 10 millimeter units (centimeters). One hundred centimeters equals one meter.<\/p>\n
Conversion Between Imperial and Metric<\/h2>\n\n- 25.4 mm is equal to 1 inch<\/li>\n
- 304.8 mm equals 1 foot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nConvert Inches to Millimeters<\/caption>\n \n\nInches<\/th>\n Millimeters<\/th>\n Actual (mm)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n1 \/ 16<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 3.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1 \/ 8<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 3.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n3 \/ 16<\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n 4.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1 \/ 4<\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n 6.35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n5 \/ 16<\/td>\n 8<\/td>\n 7.94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n3 \/ 8<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n 9.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n7 \/ 16<\/td>\n 11<\/td>\n 11.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1 \/ 2<\/td>\n 13<\/td>\n 12.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n9 \/ 16<\/td>\n 14<\/td>\n 14.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n5 \/ 8<\/td>\n 16<\/td>\n 15.88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n11 \/ 16<\/td>\n 17<\/td>\n 17.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n3 \/ 4<\/td>\n 19<\/td>\n 19.05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n13 \/ 16<\/td>\n 21<\/td>\n 20.64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n7 \/ 8<\/td>\n 22<\/td>\n 22.23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n15\/16<\/td>\n 24<\/td>\n 23.81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1<\/td>\n 25<\/td>\n 25.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":2001,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-52","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":42,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52\/revisions\/811"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/42"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/52\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradeskillsforsuccessnumeracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
| Inches<\/th>\r\n | Millimeters<\/th>\r\n | Actual (mm)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n | 2<\/td>\r\n | 3.59<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n | 3<\/td>\r\n | 3.18<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n | 5<\/td>\r\n | 4.76<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 \/ 4<\/td>\r\n | 6<\/td>\r\n | 6.35<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n | 8<\/td>\r\n | 7.94<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n | 10<\/td>\r\n | 9.53<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n | 11<\/td>\r\n | 11.11<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 \/ 2<\/td>\r\n | 13<\/td>\r\n | 12.7<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n | 14<\/td>\r\n | 14.29<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n | 16<\/td>\r\n | 15.88<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n | 17<\/td>\r\n | 17.46<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 \/ 4<\/td>\r\n | 19<\/td>\r\n | 19.05<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 \/ 16<\/td>\r\n | 21<\/td>\r\n | 20.64<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 \/ 8<\/td>\r\n | 22<\/td>\r\n | 22.23<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15\/16<\/td>\r\n | 24<\/td>\r\n | 23.81<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1<\/td>\r\n | 25<\/td>\r\n | 25.40<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"
<\/p>\n Measurement systems<\/h2>\nThe construction industry in Canada uses both the metric and the imperial systems of measurement. The architect\u2019s or engineer\u2019s plans and specifications dictate which system the tradesperson must use; therefore they must carry measuring tools for both systems.<\/p>\n Imperial system<\/h3>\nThe imperial system uses feet and inches and fractions of an inch. There are 12 inches to a foot and inches are divided into halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths.<\/p>\n Metric system<\/h3>\nThe base unit of length in the metric system is the meter. The meter is divided into 1000 units (millimeters). Measuring tapes are usually marked off in 10 millimeter units (centimeters). One hundred centimeters equals one meter.<\/p>\n Conversion Between Imperial and Metric<\/h2>\n
|