Yeeeessshhhh !!! need help with foriegn measures
11-06-2012, 04:19 AM
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now you've been told already what the measurements mean.
But with us here in the netherlands ofcourse it's the other way around.
Because it's almost impossible to do the math and get it 100% right I think indeed the best advise is to get a metric ruler.
I'm working with inch-rulers all the time when I'm quilting
But with us here in the netherlands ofcourse it's the other way around.
Because it's almost impossible to do the math and get it 100% right I think indeed the best advise is to get a metric ruler.
I'm working with inch-rulers all the time when I'm quilting
11-06-2012, 04:49 AM
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Yes, 25 cm is just over 9 inches... I'm a retired science teacher and the "metric" system works so well for science... all units are based on 10s... much easier to convert from one unit to another... but not much easier when trying to convert from one measuring system to another... 1 mm (millimeter) is only 1/10th of a centimeter... very small unit... well, look at the width of a pencil lead.. If you have mechanical pencils they are often .7 mm wide! And that's only .7 of a mm!! so 1mm is a very small distance. It takes 10 mm to make 1 cm (centimeter). One inch is 2.5 cm.. Now I know this is confusing, so the best thing is to use one of the conversion sites. Just be sure you are going from metric (cm) to the more familiar (inches)... Good luck!!
11-06-2012, 06:21 AM
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11-06-2012, 06:23 AM
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50cm = 19 and 5/8"
25cm =about 9 and 7/8"
15cm = about 5 and 7/8"
12cm = 4 and 3/4 inches
5cm = just a whisker under 2"
25mm = 1"
6mm = pretty close to 1/4"
I hope this helps a bit, are you able to get rulers from your stationery store that has centimetres and milimetres? Then you could just put it on your inch ruler and convert them that way.
25cm =about 9 and 7/8"
15cm = about 5 and 7/8"
12cm = 4 and 3/4 inches
5cm = just a whisker under 2"
25mm = 1"
6mm = pretty close to 1/4"
I hope this helps a bit, are you able to get rulers from your stationery store that has centimetres and milimetres? Then you could just put it on your inch ruler and convert them that way.
No need to go to stationary store--------------USE YOUR OWN rulers that you already have. The straight rulers have metric measures on one side, inches on the other.
11-06-2012, 06:27 AM
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50cm = 19 and 5/8"
25cm =about 9 and 7/8"
15cm = about 5 and 7/8"
12cm = 4 and 3/4 inches
5cm = just a whisker under 2"
25mm = 1"
6mm = pretty close to 1/4"
I hope this helps a bit, are you able to get rulers from your stationery store that has centimetres and milimetres? Then you could just put it on your inch ruler and convert them that way.
25cm =about 9 and 7/8"
15cm = about 5 and 7/8"
12cm = 4 and 3/4 inches
5cm = just a whisker under 2"
25mm = 1"
6mm = pretty close to 1/4"
I hope this helps a bit, are you able to get rulers from your stationery store that has centimetres and milimetres? Then you could just put it on your inch ruler and convert them that way.
If the measurements are given in metric------------USE METRIC. It's on the ruler you have. No need at all to convert. What's more, web site or not, it's way too easy for any of us to mess up conversions.
11-06-2012, 06:30 AM
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11-06-2012, 06:47 AM
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GrannieAnnie, none of my quilting rulers have metric. That would be very confusing, since there's enough markings on them already. Where are you finding ones that do? (Not that I need or want them, just wondering.)
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