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Try Some Yourself - . - Exercise 1.25: Using A Ruler or A Scale

This document provides exercises and examples for understanding decimals used in drilling calculations. It explains that decimals represent fractional amounts less than one whole number, with the decimal point separating units from tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc. Examples show measuring and labeling points on a ruler using decimals. The document also clarifies that adding zeros after a decimal does not change a number's value but can indicate the level of accuracy of a measurement.

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Try Some Yourself - . - Exercise 1.25: Using A Ruler or A Scale

This document provides exercises and examples for understanding decimals used in drilling calculations. It explains that decimals represent fractional amounts less than one whole number, with the decimal point separating units from tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc. Examples show measuring and labeling points on a ruler using decimals. The document also clarifies that adding zeros after a decimal does not change a number's value but can indicate the level of accuracy of a measurement.

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IWCF UK Branch Distance Learning Programme DRILLING CALCULATIONS

Try some yourself . . . Exercise 1.25


What do these decimals mean?
1.
0.2
2.
3.4
3.
10.04
4.
50.207
5.
3.817
Tens

Units

. tenths

hundredths

thousandths

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Using a ruler or a scale


When measurements are taken with a ruler lengths between whole numbers can be written as
decimals.

Example
A

0.5

1.5

2.5

3.5

4.5
4

5.5
5

A shows 0.5
B shows 1.2
C shows 2.8
D shows 3.9

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IWCF UK Branch Distance Learning Programme DRILLING CALCULATIONS

Try some yourself . . . Exercise 1.26


1.

Draw arrows and label these points


a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

2.

0.7
5.8
5.3
0.2
1.2

Which is larger?
a.
b.
c.

0.7 or 0.2
5.3 or 5.8
1.2 or 0.2

Decimal points and zeros


The use of zeros in the decimal system is important but can cause confusion.
2
2.0
2.00
2.000

means 2 units
means 2 units and 0 tenths
means 2 units 0 tenths 0 hundredths
means 2 units 0 tenths 0 hundredths 0 thousandths

2 = 2.0 = 2.00 = 2.000


To make a whole number into a decimal, put the decimal point after the number and add a
zero.
Zeros placed after decimal point at the end of figures do not need normally to be put in.
However they can be put in to show the level of accuracy that has been used.
E.g. 2.700 m would indicate that the measurement has been taken correct to one millimetre
(one thousandth of a metre).

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