Quick Quiz
Game 95
The Ruler on the School Desk
From Math Class
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The game's question
Step through the story sentence by sentence—the wooden ruler holds the key.
Learned at school, used all your life: to measure a shelf, a hem, or a child standing against the kitchen door. The wooden ruler on the school desk was one foot long, with its numbers marked from one end to the other. How many inches make one foot?
- 10
- 12
- 16
Need a hint?
Look at the last number printed on a school ruler. Who measured you against a door frame as you grew?
See the answer
Answer: 12—twelve inches make one foot, the length of a school ruler.
Why this game : A school ruler measured more than shelves: it brings up classrooms, and pencil marks on the door frame.
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