Originally Posted by squishys
I gather Americans' rulers and measuring tapes don't have inches and centimetres on them?

You can't really tell from a ruler whether it's an approximation though, since you need 50 inches to make exactly 127 cm, and that's longer than most rulers.

Some information about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch

Last edited by iynait; 01/13/14 09:12 AM.