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Q: What did people use to measure with before rulers?
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Why do people use rulers?

A ruler is used to measure distances. Feet, inches, meters, centimeters, and millimeters.


What do scientist use rulers for?

to measure


Why do scientists use rulers?

To measure length.


What did people use before rulers?

sticks but then they figured out that every stick wasn't the same length so they made 6-inch rulers. cool, huh


What can we use to measure height?

Rulers, tape measures, yard sticks.


What did people use for drawing straight lines before rulers?

They simply used straight edges of wood.


What do we use to measure things?

rulers, tape measures, yard sticks, and my favorite... guesstimation =P


What would you use to measure the width of a ladybug?

One of those mini rulers


What do you use to measure short length or distance?

Millimeters or microns are measured with rulers or micrometers. Depends what you are doing.


How do people in ancient times measure things before?

they use the aciennt instrments made by wood or other thing like that. sometimes, they also use the body to measure.


What do you the people use to measure?

to measure


Are metric rulers are used to measure length?

Yes, it is just like the system we use except different units.