Reading a Dial Caliper (Inches)

What tool are you going to learn to read in this video?

• Inch Dial Caliper

• Metric Dial Caliper

• Protractor

• Digital Inch Caliper

What are the largest divisions on the dial caliper?

• inches

• centimeters

• millimeters

• 1/2 inches

What is the name of the line the main scale is read from?

• Index

• POM (Point of Measure)

• Hatch Mark

• Rule Edge

What do the smaller divisions on the main scale represent?

• 1 inch

• 1/2 inches

• 1/10 inches

• centimeters

What does reading the dial tell you in a measurement?

• Inches and 1/10 inches

• the last two decimal places

• hundreths and thousandths of an inch

• centimeters and milimeters

What do the smallest marks on the dial represent?

• 1/1000 of an inch

• thousandths of an inch

• 1/100 of an inch

• 1000 inches

What does the dial caliper read?

• 2.375 inches

• 23.75 inches

• 237.5 inches

• .2375 inches

A new mark should not be counted until the dial reaches ____?

• one

• two

• zero

• nine

What does the dial currently read?

• 1.252 inches

• 1.525 inches

• 15.25 inches

• 12.52 inches

What measurement is currently showing on the dial caliper?

• 10.30

• 1.030

• 1.30

• 1.003