Understanding tape measure fractions and finding center

[@Officialmryuck]

Thank you so much for this video! Very informative. The way you broke down how to find half of whatever you're measuring is professor level teaching. Thank you again sir! Stay safe out there.

[@NBSWELDING]

Glad you liked it...thank you for watching and commenting

[@protonhead1]

Great stuff, I taught my grandaughter fractions using a tape. Nice to see a video from you ,thanks.

[@gregb3338]

I always used tenths/hundredths since I spent my early work years surveying. I've even worked in "varas". Respect from West Texas!,

[@NBSWELDING]

👍

[@betodruid4422]

Thank you man, I come from the metrical world so I wasnt understanding anything , but you made it clear. Thank you !

[@NBSWELDING]

Glad you got something out of it!

[@TheRealJerseyJoe]

Wonderful explanation... you are an excellent teacher !

[@NBSWELDING]

Thank you! 😃

[@Shasta_Rayne]

LOVE this! Thank you for teaching this! Quick story, I already had my BA degree from the university in political science when I decided that I wanted to go to trade school. Because I already had a degree, I already had completed advanced level algebra and statistics (which is what I needed to obtain my degree); therefore, I did not have to take the required trade math course in order to obtain my welding certificate (so I didn’t take it). I was already pretty proficient with measuring when I started welding/trade school because I am a woodworker BUT (and this is a BIG “but”), every single freaking time I had to find half of 9/16 (for example…I’m speaking of any fraction), I would have to spend a few minutes working out the fraction, converting to a common denominator, then reducing to the lowest common denominator (you know the drill). Or I could just look at my tape measure and work it by eye but I never trusted myself so I’d do it the long, traditional way that I was taught in school. Had I been made to take the trade math class, I would’ve learned this and it would’ve saved me a lot of time! (Damn! I wasted a ton of time over the years doing this the long way)😆. Moral to the story: no matter how “educated” one might think they are, there is always plenty of room to learn and grow. Thank you so much for this invaluable lesson! I am excited to use this time saving method you have now taught me. You truly are an excellent teacher.

[@NBSWELDING]

Wow I am glad you got something out of the video! The extent of my education is the diploma I got from high school here in Central West Virginia and I didn't go to trade school...I've just been doing welding and metal fabrication work since 1990 or so. Maybe that's why I do stuff the easy way, I ain't smart enough to make it complicated...LOL!!!

[@nwafab5335]

@@NBSWELDING brother, I've been missing your content - I like your NBS way of dealing with things

[@Shasta_Rayne]

@@NBSWELDING wow, really? You know what? I swear, being 50 years old I now know, life is the best teacher and time is the best healer of wounds. Sounds cliche but it’s true! School can only teach you the basics. I swear I have learned so much from you in the past couple months since I’ve found your channel. The first video of yours I found was when you used an oxyacetylene torch to get into a can of rods…that was beautiful! It’s just like everything…school can take you so far but if you have no brains you become what I call the “stupid smart people”. They hide behind their degrees and fancy titles but they honestly have no ability to think critically. They were only taught WHAT to think, not HOW to think. It’s actually quite sad. People who work to earn their knowledge to apply it like yourself…those are the truly smartest of the smart and you can’t get that from a degree. You should be INCREDIBLY proud of all you’ve achieved in your life, your career, your skills. You have a common sense approach to problem solving. Common sense is pretty uncommon these days. (Don’t get me started on politics and pronouns because I’ll go off in a rant😆👏). We need more schools teaching the trades (like what you had) but instead they’re teaching our young to be little hyper-sensitive snowflakes who crumble if someone doesn’t coddle them and give them a trophy for losing a game. It’s awful. I digress…. I can only pray I will find someone like you in my area that I can apprentice under. Your knowledge is invaluable and your ability to articulate and teach is top notch. I truly do get so much out of your videos. I’ve watched most all of them so I’m really hoping you’ll make more.

[@scottjune3554]

I have worked construction my whole life and understand a tape measure, but I was just schooled. That was really cool

[@joshualewis8002]

Thanks!

[@joshualewis8002]

Your videos are Soo informative!!

[@NBSWELDING]

Thank you for watching and thank you for your support!!!

[@AngelViktoria]

Thank you so much for this video, you taught me a great deal… i need this for work

[@NBSWELDING]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Etol1963]

When adding 1/2" to 7/16" I find it easier to convert the 1/2 to 16th first. 1/2" = 8/16". 8/16" + 7/16" = 15/16" Just a tip from a funny talking metric bloke from the Netherlands. 😁

[@kgfarmfab8807]

Exactly the way I think of it. Example: What is 3/8ths plus 7/16ths? Well how many 16ths is 3/8ths? It's 6/16, add that to 7/16ths and you get 13/16ths.

[@shawnn5213]

You are exactly correct! The easiest way is your explanation

[@DarrellPenn-w5o]

Absolutely amazing. All my years and never thought about it like this. Well deserved like and of course I subscribed.

[@sawboneiomc8809]

After seeing your first video on this I find myself as I’m making deliveries running this in my head.

[@deanl2427]

OMG! This is so scary. This is EXACTLY how my mind works, and how I do math and measuring. Years ago, when prepping for the trades tests, I went back to my grammar school math teacher to relearn & review. I explained how I did my thinking and he said I found my own way of computing and that was actually a good thing. I had the hardest time with improper fractions until I thought of tools, as in 9/8 is a 1 1/8" wrench. LOL For your last example, I always did it a little different in my head, but I really like the way you write that out. I can see it will be harder to make a mistake doing it your way. Thanks

[@bombardier3qtrlbpsi]

Holy... Good to see you back 👍

[@bonniedobkin6948]

Absolutely Genius ! You’re the BEST ! ❤️🏴‍☠️🎥💯% ! You should have a teaching Degree 👌

[@minnicarides]

Thanks! From a metric point of view this was very helpful to understanding the inch thing😂

[@victoraraoz75]

you can also think of the 7/16th as a half that's missing a 16th... so 1/2 + 7/16 = 1 (-1/16) which is... 15/16 ...since 1 is made of 16 16th's.... get it?

[@stillblastin96]

Nope I’m retarded

[@5ton3drambo2]

arent there 16/16ths in a inch?

[@NBSWELDING]

Yes

[@sackvilleweldingservices]

This is interesting because fractions are the tricky bit for most folk. Metric, is much easier because it works in multiples of ten just like money. For example, $1.00 is made up from100cents much like £1.00 is made from 100 pennies. 1millimetre is made up from 0.1 of a mm, 1 centimetre (CM) is made from 10mm and 100mm is 10 cm and 1,000mm is 100cm or 1metre and 1 kilometre is 1,000 metres. Just easy multiples of ten going up or down the scale. Simples!

[@NBSWELDING]

Yea but those people that use the metric system talk funny….LOL

[@sackvilleweldingservices]

@@NBSWELDING 🤣 I will take that as a compliment because I am from Northern England and yeah, we probably talk funny compared to you guys!

[@nwafab5335]

I have learned all these fractions in decimals as well and it all repeats as well

[@Shasta_Rayne]

@@NBSWELDING 😆👏

[@jackdawg4579]

Considering the US adopted the metric system in 1975, and President Bush mandated its use for all government contracts in 1992, there are still a lot of people who dont use the metric system in the US.

[@TheRealJerseyJoe]

I use the metric system for all my measurements, that way I can avoid all of this :-)

[@nancylittler]

👍👍

[@SIC-n5t]

thank you it is perfect explain

[@NBSWELDING]

Glad it helped!

[@JayCee-cn5jy]

This is great

[@mattsan70]

IF u multiply top and bottom of a 1/2 by 8 you get 8/16 same thing still. then add 8/16 to 7/16 gives you 15/16

[@AngelinaBarnes-i1x]

Thanks

[@NBSWELDING]

Your welcome and thanks for commenting

[@jimmypinaula4087]

I get 13 4-7/8 on the last example.

[@NBSWELDING]

13'-4 7/8"×2 would be 26-9 3/4".....you lost a foot somewhere Thanks for watching and commenting....maybe watch it a few more times...it's drawn out best way I know to do it

[@jimmypinaula4087]

You are absolutely right. I was dividing 7 ft as 7 inches. Took me a while to figure out where I went wrong. I love your method. Thanks

[@jimmypinaula4087]

Not 7 inches. But dividing 7 ft and coming up with 3-1/2 instead of 3ft 6 inches. Oh my brain.

[@thehumblee.w.8370]

For the love of God, why don’t US companies just use the metric system? It’s way easier than dealing with imperial units.

[@NBSWELDING]

The purpose of the video was to explain how simple our system is to a metal fabricator like me who is constantly finding center of things....like the center of 3/4" is 3/8"....the alternative with metric means you would have to find the center of 1.9cm or 19mm...can you do a video that explains how half of 19mm is simpler than half of 3/4"?...I can find 3/4" on a tape measure quickly because it's three quarters of the way from zero....how long does it take you to count those tiny millimeters until you get to 19 of them and how often will you accidentally mark 18mm or 20mm because those tiny marks all blurr together on a ruler.....make a video on millimeters and put the link in this comment section so we can all learn...I'm all for learning but I've fabricated with both systems and I personally didn't find metric to be any simpler for my work

[@johnie30]

You're trying toget us to understand how to apply the cuts or welds you made so what you are building to use a real physical representation of the applied math you both are arguing the same point but I don't want to presume any further great dialog

[@johnie30]

There isn't anything wrong with either the metric or the imperial system because they both are fundamental core math that are used for a lot of very useful builds. Neither one out shines the other because they shine together basically

[@nwafab5335]

And half of 40 is 20 minus half an 8th which is a 16th which equals 19 15/16

[@nwafab5335]

Your way is much easier on that 27 foot one

[@edethrington6175]

I use my phone, The calculator the teacher said I would never have with me.

[@scottpeck7200]

Simple

[@jayturner7712]

Interesting what we get taught in schools but if its not used it fades away...or some details are over looked, i used this teaching video to be able to label the fractions of a tape measure on a test....im used to using one but actually writing one out from scratch is mind flipping, kinda embarrassing but not so, simply saying practice of numbers and repitition.

[@davidllanes1722]

I’m so damn lost 😂

[@NBSWELDING]

Keep watching it over and over

[@papabryan6715]

Same I’m lost but I’m keep watching it

[@transmitterguy478]

We all learned this in school but until you need to use it WE are rusty at it. Don't be afraid to bend your tape in half to find the half of a measurement. I built my own shop, with my dad's help, 23 years ago. This involved a lot of measuring. It doesn't take long to get good at measuring with a ruler after you do it for a few days, I folded my tape in half many times to find the middle or center of a measurement. Don't feel like a fool for not picking this up right away.🥸

[@johnie30]

Walk like you talk it and show us all how you are someone who knows what you are talking about. Don't be afraid to enjoy learning what school made us not want to learn yet

[@johnie30]

I think that's also why athletic science and sports are so popular because it's another form of the same representation of our minds excited to learn more about a subject that we find interesting and that's why listening to the people that know about what they want to learn can lead to spectacular results