2006-07-10 16:23:47 · 11 answers · asked by wizard 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
lets look at it in a different way... we can use a device called a ruler to measure a foot into 24 1/2s of an inch..
2006-07-11 16:47:26 · update #1
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2006-07-13 17:35:53 · update #2
A ruler is used to measure things that are up to 12 inches long. A ruler is divided into 12 inches, it does not measure a foot into 12 inches. It sounds like a statement a non-native speaker of English would use.
2006-07-10 16:26:51 · answer #1 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ruler is not used to measure a foot into 12 inches, it is used to measure one foot is equal to 12 inches or how long in inches or a feet an object is.
2006-07-10 20:47:17 · answer #2 · answered by Eric X 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ruler is used to measure AND one foot equals 12 inches. Maybe the statement should read; "A ruler is used to measure a foot in inches."
2006-07-10 16:27:53 · answer #3 · answered by JZ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should read a ruler is used to measure 12 inches into one foot. Smaller units into a larger.
2006-07-10 16:27:53 · answer #4 · answered by Bearwithme 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ruler is used to measure one foot into 12 inches.?
measure to convert
*A ruler is used to convert one foot into 12 inches.?
2006-07-10 16:47:35 · answer #5 · answered by astyler 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ruler is used to measure a foot. Yes! at the end of that foot is the point where the highest velocity will occur when swinging to strike the person asking these questions. Watch that 12th inch, it may bite.
2006-07-10 17:11:53 · answer #6 · answered by Phillip R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try "a ruler is used to measure feet and inches".
Note: a ruler is not necessarily one foot long, it can be longer or shorter. Also it could be metric!!
2006-07-10 16:36:43 · answer #7 · answered by wvl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ruler divides one foot into twelve inches, to obtain a more precise measurement.
2006-07-10 16:27:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one foot is 12 inches
2006-07-10 16:25:22 · answer #9 · answered by catsup 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 inches is one foot,
2006-07-10 16:28:19 · answer #10 · answered by Lovingmom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋