Here they are: 1/16, 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, 5/16, 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8, 11/16, 3/4, 13/16, 7/8, 15/16 and the inch mark.
What is a 16th on a tape measure?
The 1/16-inch mark is the absolute shortest line on the tape measure. It is also the first line that you will encounter after or before a whole-inch mark.2021-08-22
How do you read a 16th tape measure?
A 16ft tape measure, for example, will have sixteen one-foot marks along its length and 192 one-inch marks (12 inches per foot). Each inch will then have eight 1/8th of an inch and sixteen 1/16th of an inch marks.2014-02-14
How do you simplify a tape measure?
Although every segment is 1/16th of an inch, you don't read the halfway point as 8/16ths, because you can 'simplify' that fraction. If both numbers can be divided by one number then thats what you do in order to simplify. Both 8 and 16 can be divided by 8, so 8/16 is also 1/2 inch.
What is 1/8 on a tape measure?
The 1/8-inch mark is located between any two 1/4-inch marks. Most work tends to stop at this point, though in some cases you will need to measure down to the 1/16-inch mark. The 1/16-inch mark is the absolute shortest line on the tape measure.2021-08-22
Where are the 16th on a tape measure?
A standard tape measure in the United States uses inches as the base for measurement with sixteen tick marks in between each inch marker. The smallest tick marks denote the odd numbered sixteenth marks such as 1/16, 3/16 up to 15/16.