Reading Scales

To read scales, you need to know what each division represents.

To do this:-

• Find the difference between the larger pips.
• Count the number of divisions between them.
• Divide the difference by the number of divisions.

This then gives the value of each division

Example

 

 

Example

What is the measurement at the level of the red dot ?

 

The difference is 500 ml and there are 4 sections.

So each pip is worth 125 ml.

The dot is 3/4 of 500ml.

 

Example

What is the measurement at the level of the red dot ?

 

To find each pip :

Red dot :