You know you have done a service when a million people watched your teaching and some of them understood it after many years of not totally getting it. Thanks for your contribution Dr. Dixon.
I hope u are r teacher. As a man who has ADHD that was explain perfectly. If people just took the time to explain it the way the individual learns it.....not everyone e learns the same way at the same pace. so much easier great video you truly are helping people
@@moneymike4017 I have ADHD also. Math was never my strong suite, but many of job positions in my area require that you read a tape measure and be accurate with depth perception and use other equipment and such. So I am learning so that I can do it. It's preventing me from moving upward in life and obtaining better employment. But now that I am learning it's helping myself confidence and my ability to know that I can do it.
I remember my father trying to explain how to read a tale measure when I was just a young boy and he had me in tears and screaming at me what a dummy I was for not getting it , I’m in my 70’s now if he would have just explained it how this lady did I wouldn’t have felt like a idiot he made me out to be Oh well I survived they just didn’t have the patience to teach back then all my homework ended in yelling and tears ; Thank God for the internet and u tube you can learn many things from these channels.
Almost 22 here and as embarrassing as it is, I never got it at school and I was made to feel stupid when I asked, so here I am learning more in TH-cam than I ever did in a classroom. Thank you so much lady I won’t feel intimidated by a tape measure ever again 🙏❤️
Travis Dunne no one asked for your negative comment just be quiet and keep to your self. This comment was posted a year ago and ur responding your the dumb head.
Thank you Dr. Dixon! That was truly the best explanation of a tape measure ever. I went to Home Depot today and the young lady asked me for my measurements for the project I wanted to do, and I felt bad that I couldn't tell her. So, me being a humble honest man I told her I did not know how to use a tape measurer and she recommended your video on TH-cam! I said I was not going to die and not know how to use a tape measure. So, I came home and in twenty minutes I understood what I had been avoiding for over 35 years! I watched a couple of others that were difficult, disjointed and confusing. I came back and watched yours again and realized I really understood it better because of your break down! Thanx
I'm 40 years old and just learned through you how to read a tape measure, so I can order some blinds... A MILLION THANK YOUS!! Now, I'm going to teach my two teens before I forget. Lol. Thank you again 💓
at 59 years old YOU just helped me where finally "light on" turned on with ease!! Now when I use another tape rule that doesn't have the fractions on it, I will no longer have to say 1" and 5 lines!! ( my measurements and cuts nonetheless were spot on lol ) Though now I won't sound so ignorant, nor have the laughing from those who heard! lol Thank You Kindly! I appreciate you. 😊
I know this is an old video, please don't ever delete it. This is the best video I have watched with fully clear and easy to understand explanation. I'm currently studying for my Air Brakes License to become a Long Haul Truck Driver and the Practical exam requires you to do an Air Brake adjustment measurement for the pushrod stroke, in order to pass your test you need to be able to know how to read a measuring tape or A ruler. Your video is so helpful I'm going to keep watching it over and over, until I learn how to read a measuring tape correctly before I take my Air Brakes exam test.
Thank you for explaining this so clearly to me I will definitely save your video .I am 54 years old and no one ever taught me to read a tape measure .I have been taking sewing lessons for 4 years and I struggle with reading the tape measure you have opened a whole new world for me thank you Dr,Dixon
I have had several people try to teach me how to learn how to work a measuring tape and you did it in one day, I am 50 years old and you teaching me how to read a measuring tape will help me with all my projects and I don’t have to wait for someone to come and help me. Thank you 😊 🙏🏽
Working at a shop with some new hires. They do not know how to read a tape measure. This video is a huge help. Definitely will be sending this link. Thanks 😊🙏!!!
Thank you so much. I'm 21 years old and never got this down in school. My teachers didn't really go over this very long nor did they go over it very well. And then I never used a ruler consistently untill today. I cannot thank u enough. God bless u.
Likewise, at 50 years of age, this is the very first time I get this explained so plain and clear! I went to school in South America and didn't even learn how to read tape measures in the metric system, much less here in the imperial system!! Very well done, now I can even teach it to someone else :) Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. Truly you are a saint for breaking this down for a dummy like me to understand. For years ive been searching for a video to truly help me and im so glad i kept looking.
I’ve never really needed to read a ruler or a tape measure until I started my own digital printable Etsy store. I had no idea what I was doing and was so confused because as an Indian I was taught to measure in the metric system and I cater to mostly an American audience who use the imperial system and it made things so much harder for me to convert the measurements into. But now I can finally say that I am fluent in both. Thank you so much. If only my dang teachers had the same teaching style, I’d be a rocket scientist.
Great job...I am 63 yrs old and I have learn a lot from your presentation. Thanks...You can be my teacher anyday. I don't understand why folks gave you thumbs down. You are all thumbs up for me..Thanks again
This is fantastic! I’m 45 and just got this today using your video. I’m getting back into sewing after a long time and this has really helped. I can now also help my young sons understand tape measurement. Thank you.
Extremely useful, of all the video's this was most useful. In short all u need to do ur life more simple is to remember the "golden rule" i.e. "1/16". and go on counting every line like 1/16, 2/16, 3/16, 4/16....... Then use ur math (division) e.g. 2/16 = 1/8'' or 4/16 = 1/4''. Dr. Dixon that was extremely useful.
No doubt, and to avoid confusion with the first foot of the tape that is in 32nds, use the fraction rule to get matching length for 16s,-say something is 4 and 7/16", converted, equals 4 and 14/32". You look on the tape and its exact same length
Yes. Then reduce until you get an odd number in the numerator. Her example of 12/16 shows why 11/16 and 13/16 are on each side. We just call them by the reduced name always. :-)
You just changed my entire life. There isn't thanks enough. So much Love sent to you. Thank you for your sense of understanding that sometimes, we all don't just get it the first time. I'm 38, single mom for 10 years. I regularly say, my Daddy taught me everything except to read a tape measure and tye a knot. That has hindered me so much in my diy home repairs...... But No More THANKS TO YOU. ✌️💜💜💜
I just found this video 7 years later and it has changed my life. I watched so many videos on how to read a measuring tape and none of them helped. I specifically appreciated the diagram of the measuring tape. It helped a lot. Thank you so much Dr. Dixon for your in depth, and easy to understand explanation.
I love your method of explaining this. After reading all the comments I don’t feel bad anymore. I thought I was the only one at 53 years old that didn’t fully get how to read the measurements on a tape measure. Thank you for making this video.
I copied this and put it in my pocket for my first day of work little cheat sheet but hey it will help me learn as I go and eventually won't need it best tutorial ever can't thank you enough
SAME. I have a custom framing position I somehow talked my way into and I lied about knowing how to use a ruler 😭😭😭😭 Thank God for this. I totally printed it out
Lawd, I'm so glad I found you, these other people video's about had my pressure up. You broke it all the way down across the board. Thank you so much!!!
I am great full to found your video. I had a hard time learning how to read tape measure. You can’t believe how many videos I watched. But your video was all I needed. Appreciate your patience to teach me this clear.
IrishVault 0017 uhm I think it’s mandatory for every human to learn measurements and math.... I mean, it’s kinda hard not to learn basic stuff like changing tires, learning to use tools fix your car ect.
I’m,51 years old,you have just given me the confidence in math that I truly looked at as foreign language and it’s been an insecurity of mine especially when I became a mom and wife of mathematicians. I hid it pretty well but thanks to you and my leather-works mentor, I’m off to measure everything. Oh and by the way, thanks for breaking the fraction down, I needed that for my real estate test. Thanks you’re the best!!!
First showing the tick marks was a magnificent job. Second counting the tick marks for me was helpful as I am a visual learner. last showing me in your presentation to divide both the numerator and denominator by two was what stuck with me, making the job of measuring easy . So thank you for your video and for teaching me how to read a tape measure.
Thank you soooo very much for this simpelest explaination Dr. Dixon. Not only did I learn how to read tape measure properly, I learned fractions too. You are a blessing to humanity. May God keep you well.
As a carpentry apprentice within my first couple months. There's so much to learn but this really breaks it down and I've screenshotted a few moments in your video to help me on the job. Thank you so much
I can't thank you enough. I've tried to learn this from other sources and even had someone try to explain it to me in person. I've been intimidated and confused for years and you somehow not only explained it in a way that made sense to me but made it easy! Thanks to you i really get it and will be committing your explanation to memory and sharing it with anyone else who doesn't know how to read a measuring tape. Thank you so much!
I'm 55 and I've only used a 10th ( Construction ruler) scale Ruler. I finally figured it out thank you Exceptional and Well presented Fast enough to keep me intrested slow enough to be infusing
all my life been using the metric system and I always watched you tube videos hearing the imperial system, couldn't figure it out at all and just with the graphical figure you showed at 1:09 i figured it out right away thanks for ur effort and support, now all i got to do is to memories it
Since this group is not about shame, talk about a construction manager who has read the measuring tape in way more complicated ways...just because, thanks to this video, I didnt know how to properly read it. Thank you so much!
I am 49 years old and if what I was measuring didn't land ON a number or a 1/2, I WAS LOST! This was the one thing I NEVER understood, because I never had to use it. I must say this tutorial was THE EASIEST thing EVER! THANK YOU, THANK YOU DR.DIXON! I finally get!! 🥰
I can't believe I'm a college graduate --and now a retired senior-- who just now learned how to read "the little lines" on the ruler! I can't decide if I should be proud of myself for learning something new or ashamed I hadn't learned it before. Yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks! Thank you for teaching me something new.
I'm almost 40 and have started enjoying woodworking and this has helped me a lot. US has introduced the inches to us here in the Philippines and we measure woods in inches. ^_^ Thanks. Stay safe everyone! ^_^
I'm going to excuse your comment and pray for your unkind words. You must be unhappy.. Don't respond to this because it's the last bit of attention you will receive.
This was made to understand so simply. The people I work with were just trying to either make me feel dumb or make them feel smarter. Thank you so much. 😀
I'm 40 years old and I never bothered to learn or was taught how to read a tape measure. I've made it my goal to learn, starting with this video. thanks for the great explanation!
fantastic, ive never been anygood with maths this has helped me im over the moon, if im building something i grab my ruler and try and work out the measurement or i go to the nearest point and make the job a little bigger, i know some inches but not a lot once again thankyou. john
I was hired as shop help for a wood shop business and this is of course necessary and I am the slowest learner and just thank you for helping me comprehend Dr. Nixon. Still a long way to go for me but this I can comprehend and memorize.
Never thought that l would ever know how to read tape measures. I'm so thankful for you. Every time I look at it, it make me feel so stupid. I always have my coworkers do the measurements. Now I'm going to be charge. Thank you for your time. God bless.
THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH YOU JUST HELPED ME GET A BETTER POSITION AT MY JOB MEAN I'M MAKING MORE $$$.$$ I WATCH THIS VIDEO EVERY MORNING B4 I GO TO WORK #HELPFUL🤑🤑🤑
Honestly you blowed my mind. I have been using a tape measure for sometime now and never looked at division breakdown that way. Thank you so much. I love videos like this to the point of teach without the extras. Great job
Finally got it & I'm 57 yrs old. Just decided to make a serious attempt to learn something I'd put off forever 🤗🤦🏿♂️🤸🏿♂️. Thank you for making it so simple. Just watched another video & and the individual was somewhat condescending with his remarks about those who hadn't learned this already. Not the way to get ppl interested in learning anything! Sometimes ppl just allow fear to take over their belief that they can accomplish something. It's NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN!!!
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You know you have done a service when a million people watched your teaching and some of them understood it after many years of not totally getting it. Thanks for your contribution Dr. Dixon.
I hope u are r teacher. As a man who has ADHD that was explain perfectly. If people just took the time to explain it the way the individual learns it.....not everyone e learns the same way at the same pace. so much easier great video you truly are helping people
I'm doing garment production at my high school right now and this is the topic I'm doing in the curriculum and this video is pretty helpful
Cried tears of joy. Thank you ❤
Really good teacher makes a Huge difference.
@@moneymike4017 I have ADHD also. Math was never my strong suite, but many of job positions in my area require that you read a tape measure and be accurate with depth perception and use other equipment and such. So I am learning so that I can do it. It's preventing me from moving upward in life and obtaining better employment. But now that I am learning it's helping myself confidence and my ability to know that I can do it.
32 years old, never got it in school, but a 9 minute video and a couple times playing around with a tape measure, I can't thank you enough!
same though I'm older! I certainly appreciate the value given. She made it so easy!!
I remember my father trying to explain how to read a tale measure when I was just a young boy and he had me in tears and screaming at me what a dummy I was for not getting it , I’m in my 70’s now if he would have just explained it how this lady did I wouldn’t have felt like a idiot he made me out to be Oh well I survived they just didn’t have the patience to teach back then all my homework ended in yelling and tears ; Thank God for the internet and u tube you can learn many things from these channels.
Howard Manley that’s how I was raised as well sorry to hear that man , I feel you though
I’m more surprised that you’re 70 and navigating through TH-cam lol
Same here.
Omg same 🙄 I'm 27 and now I finally understand how to read a measuring tape 🤣
Same here Howard. My dad is the same with me in everything in fact. I’m 30 now.
Almost 22 here and as embarrassing as it is, I never got it at school and I was made to feel stupid when I asked, so here I am learning more in TH-cam than I ever did in a classroom. Thank you so much lady I won’t feel intimidated by a tape measure ever again 🙏❤️
turning 22
ha ha, same!! except I was today old when I learnt this!! (58??!!) don't feel bad lol
@@Fefe559got ya beat 😮 by a year! Finally one who teaches not in the way of "common core" for it was simply " simplicity at its finest "
52 years of life. First that ever explained this well. Finally, I get it. Well done! (I am serious).
GermantownFamily good for you
GermantownFamily It's never too late cause Im 29 an just getting it
Travis Dunne no one asked for your negative comment just be quiet and keep to your self. This comment was posted a year ago and ur responding your the dumb head.
@@travisdunne1699 you're on the same video he is and probably for the same reason you stupid ass inbred
GermantownFamily ,I,m 62, She explained it,better than,teacher in school!Seriously,For Real!,.
Finally someone laid it out the wayy I could understand! 45 years old and can finally read a tape measure. Thank you.
Hey, I'm 47 and I'm right w you. 😁
@@GGrace-ie5jz I'm glad I'm not alone! Lol 😂
I'm 17 ahhh I fish alot lol
Fuck yea. Thx
125 year old and I could finally read a tape measurement
Thank you Dr. Dixon! That was truly the best explanation of a tape measure ever. I went to Home Depot today and the young lady asked me for my measurements for the project I wanted to do, and I felt bad that I couldn't tell her. So, me being a humble honest man I told her I did not know how to use a tape measurer and she recommended your video on TH-cam! I said I was not going to die and not know how to use a tape measure. So, I came home and in twenty minutes I understood what I had been avoiding for over 35 years! I watched a couple of others that were difficult, disjointed and confusing. I came back and watched yours again and realized I really understood it better because of your break down! Thanx
Well explained
I hope you wrote the young lady's supervisor to express your gratitude to the employee. She may have gotten "Employee of the Month".
I'm 40 years old and just learned through you how to read a tape measure, so I can order some blinds... A MILLION THANK YOUS!! Now, I'm going to teach my two teens before I forget. Lol. Thank you again 💓
its amazing how we can learn things better when it is explained cleary....thank you !
Amen to that brother!
facts
Hopefully you got the job
yes teacher should teach you as if your an complete imbecil
Right I had a job interview today and didn't know how to read a tape measure accurately.it was explained clear as day
at 59 years old YOU just helped me where finally "light on" turned on with ease!! Now when I use another tape rule that doesn't have the fractions on it, I will no longer have to say 1" and 5 lines!! ( my measurements and cuts nonetheless were spot on lol ) Though now I won't sound so ignorant, nor have the laughing from those who heard! lol Thank You Kindly! I appreciate you. 😊
30 years old today and never learned how to read a tape measure until now. Thank you!
I know this is an old video, please don't ever delete it. This is the best video I have watched with fully clear and easy to understand explanation. I'm currently studying for my Air Brakes License to become a Long Haul Truck Driver and the Practical exam requires you to do an Air Brake adjustment measurement for the pushrod stroke, in order to pass your test you need to be able to know how to read a measuring tape or A ruler. Your video is so helpful I'm going to keep watching it over and over, until I learn how to read a measuring tape correctly before I take my Air Brakes exam test.
Thank you for explaining this so clearly to me I will definitely save your video .I am 54 years old and no one ever taught me to read a tape measure .I have been taking sewing lessons for 4 years and I struggle with reading the tape measure you have opened a whole new world for me thank you Dr,Dixon
I have had several people try to teach me how to learn how to work a measuring tape and you did it in one day, I am 50 years old and you teaching me how to read a measuring tape will help me with all my projects and I don’t have to wait for someone to come and help me. Thank you 😊 🙏🏽
I am 38 years old and I finally got it Thank-you Jesus and Thank you for this presentation!
Working at a shop with some new hires. They do not know how to read a tape measure. This video is a huge help. Definitely will be sending this link. Thanks 😊🙏!!!
Hands down you're the best instructor!!! Your teaching methods should be taught in schools ❤
Just starting to learn this. Went from Nursing to carpentry. All the videos I looked at. This made the most sense. THANK YOU
Wow I love how you broke that tape measure down. U might be the reason I land this new job. Thanks
Where you gonna be working ?
He works in a hot dog measuring warehouse, probably.
MaineMan Same here.
Did you get the job?
👍👍👍
Thank you so much. I'm 21 years old and never got this down in school. My teachers didn't really go over this very long nor did they go over it very well. And then I never used a ruler consistently untill today. I cannot thank u enough. God bless u.
Likewise, at 50 years of age, this is the very first time I get this explained so plain and clear! I went to school in South America and didn't even learn how to read tape measures in the metric system, much less here in the imperial system!! Very well done, now I can even teach it to someone else :) Thank you!
I'm 51 and BRAVO! A definite kudos for you! Been working with my hands all my life and never fully GOT it till now. WOW. Thank you!
As a 28 year old with no educational background you truly help me learn how to use a tape measure thank you
Right there with ya
Me too I start a job tomorrow and I have to learn this asap lol
@@Ya_Mommas_House same bro I can’t get it down idk why
@@Ya_Mommas_House I need this knowledge for measuring fabric. I totally understand. Hope everything worked out for you.
Same man
All the years I have seen people try and teach others how to read a tape measure, this has got to be the best Ans simplest I’ve heard. Thank yoin
This is literally the best explanation I've ever seen and heard on how to read a tape measure. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. Truly you are a saint for breaking this down for a dummy like me to understand. For years ive been searching for a video to truly help me and im so glad i kept looking.
I’ve never really needed to read a ruler or a tape measure until I started my own digital printable Etsy store. I had no idea what I was doing and was so confused because as an Indian I was taught to measure in the metric system and I cater to mostly an American audience who use the imperial system and it made things so much harder for me to convert the measurements into. But now I can finally say that I am fluent in both.
Thank you so much.
If only my dang teachers had the same teaching style, I’d be a rocket scientist.
Thank You! You explain the ruler better than anybody I watched or know!
This is THE BEST lesson explained on the subject of measurement I have EVER had, I’m 48 years old 🤦🏾♀️….Thank You 😊
Great job...I am 63 yrs old and I have learn a lot from your presentation. Thanks...You can be my teacher anyday. I don't understand why folks gave you thumbs down. You are all thumbs up for me..Thanks again
I'm 68 years old and finally someone taught me how to read a measuring tape. So simple, I thank you very much....
29 years old and finally can read a tape measure!!!omggg thank you so much for this!!!! GOD BLESS U!
This is fantastic! I’m 45 and just got this today using your video. I’m getting back into sewing after a long time and this has really helped. I can now also help my young sons understand tape measurement. Thank you.
This is brill, first time in my life ive learned this, Im 71 comes in very handy for cardmaking, thank you
I'm almost 50 years old now and I finally understand it. This beats making pencil marks on my tape measure when i do DIYs, thank you so much.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can't thank you enough. This is the most clearest explaination I have seen. I love you for this. Very grateful.
Extremely useful, of all the video's this was most useful. In short all u need to do ur life more simple is to remember the "golden rule" i.e. "1/16". and go on counting every line like 1/16, 2/16, 3/16, 4/16....... Then use ur math (division) e.g. 2/16 = 1/8'' or 4/16 = 1/4''. Dr. Dixon that was extremely useful.
Nilkanth Manerikar thx
Thanks bro! Your explanation actually make it easier for me to understand. \ ( ^ _ ^ ) /
No doubt, and to avoid confusion with the first foot of the tape that is in 32nds, use the fraction rule to get matching length for 16s,-say something is 4 and 7/16", converted, equals 4 and 14/32". You look on the tape and its exact same length
@@daverea372 u mean 4' right lol
Yes. Then reduce until you get an odd number in the numerator. Her example of 12/16 shows why 11/16 and 13/16 are on each side. We just call them by the reduced name always. :-)
I am so grateful for this video! Thank you so much for the simple breakdown that I have needed for years!❤❤❤❤❤❤
She explained it so well that I actually got it on the first try. That is very rare for me. Job well done ma’am!
You just changed my entire life. There isn't thanks enough. So much Love sent to you. Thank you for your sense of understanding that sometimes, we all don't just get it the first time. I'm 38, single mom for 10 years. I regularly say, my Daddy taught me everything except to read a tape measure and tye a knot. That has hindered me so much in my diy home repairs...... But No More THANKS TO YOU. ✌️💜💜💜
48 years old and an aspiring dressmaker and now I know where that 5/8 measurement is. THANKS
good luck!
I just found this video 7 years later and it has changed my life.
I watched so many videos on how to read a measuring tape and none of them helped. I specifically appreciated the diagram of the measuring tape. It helped a lot.
Thank you so much Dr. Dixon for your in depth, and easy to understand explanation.
I'm 17 years old heading to the adult life and knowing how to read a measuring tape is a need thank you so much
I love your method of explaining this. After reading all the comments I don’t feel bad anymore. I thought I was the only one at 53 years old that didn’t fully get how to read the measurements on a tape measure. Thank you for making this video.
Thank U sooo much. I need this job but I needed to learn how to read measurements. This could've possibly stopped me from being homeless.
Finally. Somebody explaining the corrrect and easy way to understand the tape measure... Wow .. Thanks
I copied this and put it in my pocket for my first day of work little cheat sheet but hey it will help me learn as I go and eventually won't need it best tutorial ever can't thank you enough
Dred Reiner same
Ehehe
I did too
Practice makes perfect! Practice at home finding things to measure and you’ll have it down very fast!
SAME. I have a custom framing position I somehow talked my way into and I lied about knowing how to use a ruler 😭😭😭😭 Thank God for this. I totally printed it out
You have just made me realize the subtle tricks of reading a tape thanks a lot for this video.
Best explain I've come across and should be the first video that pops up when you type "read a tape measure"
63 years of life. This is the first time ruler measurements have been explained in a way that I understand. Thanks you Dr. Dixon
Lawd, I'm so glad I found you, these other people video's about had my pressure up. You broke it all the way down across the board. Thank you so much!!!
I am great full to found your video. I had a hard time learning how to read tape measure. You can’t believe how many videos I watched. But your video was all I needed. Appreciate your patience to teach me this clear.
I didn’t get all other video when I watched but this video was so easy to understand in just a few seconds of watching 👍👍👍👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Hey not trying to be sexist but why you have to learn how to read a tape, What job do you do?
Right!!! This is the best one so far !!!
IrishVault 0017 uhm I think it’s mandatory for every human to learn measurements and math.... I mean, it’s kinda hard not to learn basic stuff like changing tires, learning to use tools fix your car ect.
I’m,51 years old,you have just given me the confidence in math that I truly looked at as foreign language and it’s been an insecurity of mine especially when I became a mom and wife of mathematicians. I hid it pretty well but thanks to you and my leather-works mentor, I’m off to measure everything. Oh and by the way, thanks for breaking the fraction down, I needed that for my real estate test. Thanks you’re the best!!!
First showing the tick marks was a magnificent job. Second counting the tick marks for me was helpful as I am a visual learner. last showing me in your presentation to divide both the numerator and denominator by two was what stuck with me, making the job of measuring easy . So thank you for your video and for teaching me how to read a tape measure.
Thank you soooo very much for this simpelest explaination Dr. Dixon. Not only did I learn how to read tape measure properly, I learned fractions too. You are a blessing to humanity. May God keep you well.
thank you soooooo much I finally after years of not knowing how to use a measuring tape, i understand now, I so appreciate you, God Bless You !!!
As a carpentry apprentice within my first couple months. There's so much to learn but this really breaks it down and I've screenshotted a few moments in your video to help me on the job. Thank you so much
thanks a lot for sharing this. I use metric all the time and i was never able to understand how the inch measurements work, thanks to you now i can :)
I can't thank you enough. I've tried to learn this from other sources and even had someone try to explain it to me in person. I've been intimidated and confused for years and you somehow not only explained it in a way that made sense to me but made it easy! Thanks to you i really get it and will be committing your explanation to memory and sharing it with anyone else who doesn't know how to read a measuring tape. Thank you so much!
OMG..you are an excellent teacher!!! I always flipped out when it came to math..but this tutorial has helped me. Thanks for posting it!
Best explanation on TH-cam. Well done.
Thank you I really didn't ever know how to read a tape measure... Thank you soooo much.. I was never taught.
Explained very well 59 years old now I finally get it praise GOD,
Thank you , so much
Wow, this is so thorough.Thanks Very Very Much, I was totally lost before I found this video. Thanks A Bunch
I watch all videos on youtube that shows how to use measuring tapes, but this is the best video that explains it nice and clear.
I love this lady.
your lovely person explaining it the right way kudos to you my dear doctor.
I'm 55 and I've only used a 10th ( Construction ruler) scale Ruler. I finally figured it out thank you Exceptional and Well presented Fast enough to keep me intrested slow enough to be infusing
all my life been using the metric system and I always watched you tube videos hearing the imperial system, couldn't figure it out at all and just with the graphical figure you showed at 1:09 i figured it out right away thanks for ur effort and support, now all i got to do is to memories it
Since this group is not about shame, talk about a construction manager who has read the measuring tape in way more complicated ways...just because, thanks to this video, I didnt know how to properly read it. Thank you so much!
I wish you were my math teacher in middle school. Perhaps I wouldn't have given up on math so quickly.
Shouldn’t blame teachers for quitting learning things.
@@Mikey-ym6ok a lot of teachers can't teach and have no business being in the profession so this person had a bad experience like so many of us
I felt the same way after watching this video!
I am 49 years old and if what I was measuring didn't land ON a number or a 1/2, I WAS LOST! This was the one thing I NEVER understood, because I never had to use it. I must say this tutorial was THE EASIEST thing EVER! THANK YOU, THANK YOU DR.DIXON! I finally get!! 🥰
omg this my 1st time commenting on a video, but it was so informative, i have to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO .
I can't believe I'm a college graduate --and now a retired senior-- who just now learned how to read "the little lines" on the ruler! I can't decide if I should be proud of myself for learning something new or ashamed I hadn't learned it before. Yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks! Thank you for teaching me something new.
Thank you Dr. Dixon. This was a very simple, through and easy to understand.
I'm almost 40 and have started enjoying woodworking and this has helped me a lot.
US has introduced the inches to us here in the Philippines and we measure woods in inches. ^_^
Thanks. Stay safe everyone! ^_^
Thank so much for this video. I've forgotten how to read a tape measurer and the demonstration was very helpful.
I'm going to excuse your comment and pray for your unkind words. You must be unhappy.. Don't respond to this because it's the last bit of attention you will receive.
Desriee Beckford iii
so if it fall on a odd number how u will divide it becsuse u will have a remainder
Very good video
Kester Demmin Hey bro, you dont reduce the odd numbers. If whatever you measuring lands on 9/16 then thats the measurement.
This was made to understand so simply. The people I work with were just trying to either make me feel dumb or make them feel smarter. Thank you so much. 😀
If this new job workouts for me I’m coming back here to thank you. Thank you so much.
How'd it go?
I'm 40 years old and I never bothered to learn or was taught how to read a tape measure. I've made it my goal to learn, starting with this video. thanks for the great explanation!
fantastic, ive never been anygood with maths this has helped me im over the moon,
if im building something i grab my ruler and try and work out the measurement or i go to the nearest point and make the job a little bigger, i know some inches but not a lot once again thankyou.
john
Thank u so much, didn't know how to read a tape properly i'm 56 yrs and now learning how to read it thanks to u , u never to old to learn ...
Excellent. Black women are fantastic teachers, and nurses, and huggers usually:) what i learnt from grade school.
@@jacjuet1464 yes your right!
I am trying to be a pipe fitter and have no knowledge on tape measures, this video may have just changed my life and super helpful. Thank you!
You are an Awesome Teacher ! Thank you.
THE VOS Right she made me understand it really quick
I Agree !!
Yesssssss
I was hired as shop help for a wood shop business and this is of course necessary and I am the slowest learner and just thank you for helping me comprehend Dr. Nixon. Still a long way to go for me but this I can comprehend and memorize.
This is my first time of understanding it. Thanks so much
Never thought that l would ever know how to read tape measures. I'm so thankful for you. Every time I look at it, it make me feel so stupid. I always have my coworkers do the measurements. Now I'm going to be charge. Thank you for your time. God bless.
THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH YOU JUST HELPED ME GET A BETTER POSITION AT MY JOB MEAN I'M MAKING MORE $$$.$$
I WATCH THIS VIDEO EVERY MORNING B4 I GO TO WORK
#HELPFUL🤑🤑🤑
Cristian Toro Warehouse
I’m 43 years old and I FINALLY get it!!! This was extremely helpful and I real appreciate you making this video!!! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! I actually never learned this in school.. EVER. I was a foreign service brat so my education was quite different all over.
Rachel same here in Canada
I try to remember some thing,I hope I can make u to be my teacher
I almost stopped the video at the end. I dont know if you could have explained it any better! 7 years later and still helping. GOATED haha
Thank you so much. I always have trouble with rulers and fractions. Great video!
Honestly you blowed my mind. I have been using a tape measure for sometime now and never looked at division breakdown that way. Thank you so much. I love videos like this to the point of teach without the extras. Great job
THIS IS WHAT I CALLED SIMPLIFIED THNK YOU!
Fantastic video 35 years and I've never had it explained this way. Thank you
Why couldn't they teach this in this way in school 20 years ago. Thank you.
Finally got it & I'm 57 yrs old. Just decided to make a serious attempt to learn something I'd put off forever 🤗🤦🏿♂️🤸🏿♂️. Thank you for making it so simple. Just watched another video & and the individual was somewhat condescending with his remarks about those who hadn't learned this already. Not the way to get ppl interested in learning anything! Sometimes ppl just allow fear to take over their belief that they can accomplish something. It's NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN!!!
very good Teacher Thank you, very helpful.
Dr. Dixon, Thank You!!! I can't tell you how much this helped an 'inept Math family'. Yes, in runs in families!-HA! Thank You!