Some printable paper rulersHere are some rulers you can print out. Disposable paper rulers!
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A printable decimeter (10 cm) box Print at high resolution to avoid bizarre scaling artifacts. The grid lines are 1 mm.
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YOU SHOULD DISABLE ANY OPTIONS LIKE "SHRINK OVERSIZE PAGES TO PAPER SIZE" OR "SCALE TO FIT PAPER" ON YOUR PRINT MENU.
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A printable decimeter (10 cm) box Print, cut out, fold, and then tape or glue. The grid lines are 10 mm (1 cm) and 100 mm (10 cm, 1 dm).
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Color-square rules Alternating red and white squares Cm squares - 25 cm long, 1 cm wide. 6 per page. Inch squares - 9 in long, 1 in wide. 3 per page.
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Centimeter/Inch rulers (narrow, parallel): 25 cm long, 2 cm wide. 9 per page. Both units go in the same direction.
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Centimeter/Inch rulers: 25 cm long, 3 cm wide. 6 per page.
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Decimal-Inch/Centimeter rulers: 25 cm long, 3 cm wide. 6 per page. Ten ticks per inch.
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Dense stack of centimeter rules: (lots more per page , but shorter and narrower) 20 cm long, 1.2 cm wide. 21 per page.
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Dense stack of centimeter rules: (more, but narrower) 25 cm long, 1.2 cm wide. 16 per page.
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The idea: A physical print-cut-fold-and-tape How Big Are Things? reference cube provides a nicely tangible and compact presentation of size. Each face shows a different scale. It covers atoms through Jupiter. The 10 cm paper cube can sit on one's desk, providing an attractive and handy reference.
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Printing at high resolution (perhaps >= 500 dpi) is necessary, or the millimeter grid will be crufty. Works best on card stock (200 g/m2, 110 lb), but good paper (eg, 90 g/m2, 24 lb) works ok too.
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Large-print meterstick (with 1/4 meter labels): 100 cm long, ~5 cm wide. One per page. Says "0", "1/4", "1/2", "3/4", and "1". But the 10 cm numbers are smaller.
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Large-print meterstick: 100 cm long, ~5 cm wide. One per page. There are big numbers every 10 cm.
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Meterstick (cm and inches): A meter is a bit longer than a yard (39+ in).
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Meterstick (cm and mm): 100 cm long, 2 cm wide. 2 per page. Pieces (4) can be taped or glued together.
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Metric rulers (narrow): 25 cm long, 2 cm wide. 9 per page.
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Metric rulers: 25 cm long, 3 cm wide. 6 per page. (centimeters and millimeters)