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1/16 inch to decimal

The exact decimal value of 1/16 of an inch, with millimetres, centimetres and decimal feet — the numbers a tape or a caliper actually shows.

1/16 inch =

=0.0625 in

Decimal inch

0.0625"

Millimetres

1.5875 mm

Centimetres

0.15875 cm

Decimal feet

0.005208 ft

How it's figured

1 ÷ 16

A fraction of an inch is just the top number divided by the bottom: 1 ÷ 16 = 0.0625". For metric, one inch is exactly 25.4 mm, so 0.0625" × 25.4 = 1.5875 mm. TapeMath keeps this exact as a fraction internally, so it never drifts the way a rounded decimal can.

Fractions nearby

The sixty-fourths around 1/16"

Fraction	Decimal inch	Millimetres
1/64"	0.015625	0.396875 mm
1/32"	0.03125	0.79375 mm
3/64"	0.046875	1.190625 mm
1/16"	0.0625	1.5875 mm
5/64"	0.078125	1.984375 mm
3/32"	0.09375	2.38125 mm
7/64"	0.109375	2.778125 mm

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