Smaller items are usually measured in milimeters as it is a more accurate measurement….

What is the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 1 in?…Circumference of a 1 Inch Diameter Circle.

25.4 mm

Let’s put this number into the formula. The circumference of a circle that has a diameter of 8 inches is 25.12 inches.

1/4″ = 6.35mm exactly. 5mm = 0.197″ (197 mils) approximately, just a bit under 1/5″, a little over 3/16″. 6mm is closest to 1/4″ in “round” units.

In the Imperial system of units, a number 10 machine screw (0.190 inch major diameter) is bigger than a number 8 machine screw (0.164 inch major diameter).

Screws with a diameter smaller than 1/4″ have a nominal size indicated by a number (e.g. #8 or #10). 1/4″ and larger diameters are shown as inches. The term does not refer to the quality of the thread but rather to the frequency of threads per inch. “Fine” has more threads per inch than “coarse”.

Page 1. Measuring to the Nearest Fourth-Inch. If a line reaches to the 1/4-inch mark after the number 1, then the line is 1 inch and 1/4 inch long. But when writing it, we omit the “and” and write: The line is 1 1/4 inches long.

If you counted in 1/4 inches on a ruler, you’d see that the fourth line after 0 inches equals 1/4 inch, the eighth line equals 2/4 (1/2) inch, and the 12th line equals 3/4 inch. Example: Say you’re measuring a piece of cloth and the ruler ends at the fourth line after the 10-inch mark.

Most standard tape measures in the U.S. have markings that measure down to 1/16 of an inch. Remember that two sixteenths of an inch equals one eighth, two eighths of an inch equals one quarter, and 2 quarters equals one half. For example, the second eighth-inch marking after the inch marking is a quarter inch.

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four quarter inches

While measuring to the nearest quarter inch, we think of an inch as being divided into four equal parts each equal to a 14th of an inch. The length of this push pin is closer to 3 quarters than to 4 quarters of an inch. Hence its length to nearest quarter of an inch is three quarters of an inch or 34-inch.

of an inch across, while a quarter is just slightly less than 1 inch.

10 inches to quarters = 1.11 qtr. 11 inches to quarters = 1.22 qtr. 12 inches to quarters = 1.33 qtr. 13 inches to quarters = 1.44 qtr.

Coin Specifications

Worth ten cents, the dime is not ten times bigger than the penny. In fact, it’s actually smaller! Thus, the dime had to be rather small, since it only had one-tenth the amount of silver that the dollar coin had. Eventually, other coins, such as nickels and pennies, were needed to make transactions easier.

Cost to Make Dimes and Quarters In FY2020, the unit cost for the quarter decreased to 8.62 cents from 9.01 cents while the dime’s unit cost was unchanged at 3.73 cents. The following two tables summarize U.S. Mint costs for the cent through quarter in fiscal years 2019 and 2020.

The coin has a 0.069-inch (1.75 mm) reeded (or milled) edge. Owing to the introduction of the clad quarter in 1965, it was occasionally called a “Johnson Sandwich” after Lyndon B. Johnson, the US President at the time. As of 2011, it cost 11.14 cents to produce each coin.

A dime costs 3.9 cents to make, and a quarter 9 cents.

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