Where is 3.8 inches on a tape measure?

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This sounds really stupid and i’m sure I knew this at some point in my life but i’ve just forgotten. I’m trying to draw a scaled down version of a dog house my husband and I are going to build and I dont have a ruler just a tape measure and I can’t seem to figure out how to get 3.8 inches on it. I feel so dumb but please help me out anyway!! lol Thanks!!

Prof. Garrison Kessler · Accepted Answer

>.8 would be .875 in decimal…. .875 is 7/8 In.

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99% of tape measures don’t use tenths.To make measuring a challenge, they use eighths and sixteenths.To get you in the right neighborhood, 3.75 easy to find.The .75 is 75/100 up the inch. 75/100=3/4=6/8=12/161/16=.06251/8=.1251/4=.251/2=.5Your 3.8 is closest to 3+.75+.0625=3.8125. That’s 3 and 13/16.Don’t feel dumb. It’s an awful system. That’s why most of the world is using metrics. The metric system chops everything into tenths and hundredths.Maybe you could get a european dog, so you could build a metric house instead ð

Prof. Garrison Kessler · Answer

show me the tape measure an 3/8 in on it

Prof. Garrison Kessler · Answer

Count the number of lines between 3 and 4, multiply that number by .8 (or any other decimal number you need). If you have 16 lines, 16 * .8 = 12.8, it is just shy of the 13 line.

Prof. Garrison Kessler · Answer

Are you familiar with metric measurements if so then 3.8″=9.6cm or 96mm hopefully your tape has metric on it,it’s 4mm before the red figure 10 on the bottom of the tape measure.

Prof. Garrison Kessler · Answer

Just shy of 3 13/16 “ Builder 33 years.

Prof. Garrison Kessler · Answer

For your purpose 3 3/4 is close.

Prof. Garrison Kessler · Answer

Sweety, 3 13/16″ You won’t get it any closer. Remember… This a doghouse! You’re not making forms for precision cast nuclear rocket parts.

Prof. Garrison Kessler · Answer

if you have standard tape measure 3 3/4” inches will be close..metric doesn’t work either as it would be 96.54mm

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