Reading an imperial tape measure

You may say "I'm not good at fractions"  and so learning to read an Imperial tape measure can be intimidating at first.

But it's really quite simple once you grasp the dividing things up into groups concept.

The denominators of the imperial fractions are the same over and over again. I think this system has an advantage over metric because it reduces the amount of numbers one reads and therefore reduces mistakes.

Here are our famous denominators

/64           /32           /16           /8           /4           /2



Note 32nds and 64ths are not included on this drawing - But if you spot the pattern, a 32nd would appear between every line 

Watch these 2 short video on reading a tape measure

https://youtu.be/4YF6Zz0krXA

https://youtu.be/T6lCpPB2xKs

Now do these exercises below

Now if you are really brave, click on this link to read these measurements to the 16th and 32nd of an inch
After opening the link, select 1/16" or 1/32" increments and "inches only" before clicking on  Create it 

And finally take out your tape measure and measure the height of your desk.   answer in the comments below.