Ruler Meter Stick Measurements

A metric ruler is use to measure centimeter cm and millimeter mm the centimeter is a unit of length in the international system of units.

Ruler meter stick measurements.

A meter stick closely compares to a yard stick. Some meter sticks also provide measurement increments in inches for comparison. The smaller ticks on a metric ruler represent a millimeter. Just like a ruler you can use the meter stick to read measurements on real life objects.

The measurements provided on a meter stick are in centimeters 100 cm in a meter and millimeters 1 000 mm in a meter. All of these are present on the meter stick essentially a giant ruler that is a little more than 3 feet long. The larger markings on a metric ruler represent a centimeter. Using a ruler metric measurements metric rulers have centimeter and millimeter markings.

Those items are easily measured with a ruler. A meter stick is a large ruler used for measuring size or distance using the metric scale. For instances where a yard stick would be used for customary units a meter stick would be used to measure metric units. A ruler is shoter than a meter stick a typical ruler is 12 inches however there are many other measuring devices also called rulers.

Inches on one side english ruler and centimeters on the other side metric ruler. Units of measure on the meter stick a meter stick will usually show at least three different units of measure.