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Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.1 Using a Ruler The key to accurate measurement!

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.2 Step 1 Select a type of ruler Fractional Decimal Metric

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.3 Step 2 Begin at the side of your object to be measured and line up the end of the ruler with the edge (make sure they are exactly even)

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.4 Step 3 Pull/lay ruler straight across area to be measured (be sure to pull the ruler snug— you don’t want any slack)

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.5 Step 4 Check whole number unit nearest the edge of the object

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.6 Step 5 Mark or record measurement results