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2. Tape measure - Wikipedia

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   Diagram showing fractions of an inch on a standard sixteenth measuring tape. A tape measure or measuring tape is a flexible ruler used to measure length or distance . It consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fibre glass, or metal strip with linear measurement markings. It is a common measuring tool.

3. Broselow tape - Wikipedia

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   The Broselow Tape, also called the Broselow pediatric emergency tape, is a color-coded length-based tape measure that is used throughout the world for pediatric emergencies. The Broselow Tape relates a child's height as measured by the tape to their weight to provide medical instructions including medication dosages, the size of the equipment ...

4. Learning to measure length - ed

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   the answer 10312 inches. In NAEP 2003, 14% of Grade 4 and 7% of Grade 8 students gave this answer (US Depa. tment of Education, 2003). Hiebert (1984) suggests that this is because some students learn a procedure for reading a ruler without really understanding that the answer represents the distance between the beginning point and t.

5. List of measuring instruments - Wikipedia

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   A measuring instrument for lengths: a typical tape measure with both metric and imperial units and two US pennies for comparison A measuring instrument is a device to measure a physical quantity . In the physical sciences , quality assurance , and engineering , measurement is the activity of obtaining and comparing physical quantities of real ...

6. Diameter tape - Wikipedia

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   A diameter tape (D-tape) is a measuring tape used to estimate the diameter of a cylinder object, typically the stem of a tree or pipe. A diameter tape has either metric or imperial measurements reduced by the value of π. This means the tape measures the diameter of the object. It is assumed that the cylinder object is a perfect circle.

7. Applying Research in Reading Instruction for Adults: First ...

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   Beginning reading instruction often focuses on step 1, which is the heart of the phonics approach. We teach beginners the sounds of the letters, thinking that is all they need. But for many learners, the process breaks down at steps 2 and 3 because of a lack of phonemic awareness.

8. Lufkin (brand) - Wikipedia

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   The company was founded by Edward Taylor Lufkin, an American Civil War veteran of the Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry [1] in Cleveland, Ohio, 1869 [2] and was originally named E.T. Lufkin Board and Log Rule Manufacturing Company. Its Canadian manufacturing plant was first at Windsor, Ontario and later at Barrie, Ontario.

9. DOCUMENT RESUME - ed

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   of pictures or otherwise known as the "Graphic" language. There am two types of drawings. which man has adopted, to serve his purposes: 1) Artistic, and 2) Technical. In this course, we will only deal with the latter. Technical drawings are used in all industrial related occupations and workers, called draftsmen, must possess certain skills to ...