Reading a Rule

Industrial and
Technology Education
Bill Gray

The Rule
Basic

Measuring Tool Used By

Students in Industrial and Technology

Education Programs
Automotive

Technology
Design and Drafting
Electronics/Manufacturing
Woodworking/Construction
And Others
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The Rule
Basic

Measuring Tool Used By

Workers in Industry
Architects/Drafters,

Brick Masons
Carpenters, Machinist, Plumbers
Sheet Metal Workers
Installers
and many others

The Rule

Basic Measuring Tool Used by

Homeowners to:
Calculate

Square Footage/Volume

Measure

Window and Door

Openings

Determine

Furniture

Estimate

Space Available for

Materials Needed, etc.

Reading a Rule
Pretest

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Pretest Answers
1
1

15 8

1
5
1

11 8

23 8

13 4

21 2

31 8

33 4

278

41 4

31 4

35 8

43 8

47 8

Reading a Rule
Fraction Review

A circle can be divided into many parts. For

purposes of this review, the circle will be
divided in to halves, quarters, and eights.

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Fraction Review

1/2

1/2

Here the circle is divided into halves (two

parts). If you add the two halves, what do
you get for an answer?

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Fraction Review

1/4

1/4

1/4

1/4

Here the circle is divided into quarters (four

parts). If you add the four quarters, what do
you get for an answer?

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Fraction Review
1/8

1/8

1/8

1/8

1/8

1/8
1/8

1/8

Here the circle is divided into eight parts. If

you add the eight parts, what do you get for
an answer?

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Fraction Review
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1
An inch can also be divided into many parts.
For purposes of this review, the inch will be
divided in to halves, quarters, and eights.

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Fraction Review
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Halves
1
Here the inch is divided into halves (two
parts). If you add the two halves, what do
you get for an answer?

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Fraction Review
1

Quarters
1
Here the inch is divided into four parts. If
you add the four parts, what do you get for
an answer?

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Fraction Review
1

Eights
1
Here the inch is divided into eight parts. If
you add the eight parts, what do you get for
an answer?

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What

do you think the missing

measurement is?
1/2

11/2

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What

do you think the missing

measurement is?
1/2

11/2

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What

are the missing measurements?

1/4

11/4

3/4
1/2

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What

are the missing measurements?

1/4

11/4

3/4
1/2

1
1

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What

are the missing measurements?

1/4

11/4

3/4
1/2

1
1

1 1/2

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What

are the missing measurements?

1/4

11/4

3/4
1/2

1
1

1 3/4
1 1/2

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What

are the missing measurements?

1/4

11/4

3/4
1/2

1
1

1 3/4
1 1/2

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What are the missing measurements?

1/8

3/8
1/4

5/8
1/2

7/8
3/4

11/8
1

13/8

15/8

11/4

21/2

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What are the missing measurements?

1/8

3/8
1/4

5/8
1/2

7/8
3/4

11/8
1

13/8
11/4

15/8
1 1/2

21/2

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What are the missing measurements?

1/8

3/8
1/4

5/8
1/2

7/8
3/4

11/8
1

13/8
11/4

15/8
1 1/2

1 3/4

21/2

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What are the missing measurements?

1/8

3/8
1/4

5/8
1/2

7/8
3/4

11/8
1

13/8
11/4

15/8
1 1/2

1 7/8
1 3/4

21/2

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What are the missing measurements?

1/8

3/8
1/4

5/8
1/2

7/8
3/4

11/8
1

13/8
11/4

15/8
1 1/2

1 7/8
1 3/4

21/2

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What are the missing measurements?

1/8

3/8
1/4

5/8
1/2

7/8
3/4

11/8
1

13/8
11/4

15/8
1 1/2

1 7/8
1 3/4

2 1/8
2

21/2

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What are the missing measurements?

1/8

3/8
1/4

5/8
1/2

7/8
3/4

11/8
1

13/8
11/4

15/8
1 1/2

1 7/8
1 3/4

2 1/8
2

2 1/4

21/2

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What are the missing measurements?

1/8

3/8
1/4

5/8
1/2

7/8
3/4

11/8
1

13/8
11/4

15/8
1 1/2

1 7/8
1 3/4

2 1/8
2

2 3/8
2 1/4

21/2

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What are the missing measurements?

1/8

3/8
1/4

5/8
1/2

7/8
3/4

11/8
1

13/8
11/4

15/8
1 1/2

1 7/8
1 3/4

2 1/8
2

2 3/8
2 1/4

21/2

2 5/8

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Post Test

Reading a Rule
Post Test Answers
1
1

15 8

1
5
1

11 8

23 8

13 4

21 2

31 8

33 4

278

41 4

31 4

35 8

43 8

47 8

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Fraction Review
1/8

16

1/8

16
16

1/8

1/8

1/8

1/8
1/8

1/8

Just as a circle can be divided into eight

parts, it can be divided in sixteen parts. See
the circle on the right

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Fraction Review
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Eights

Sixteenths

1
An inch is often divided into sixteen parts.
Count the spaces in the inch on the right side
of the slide. How many are there?