For Good Measure
When Richard Davis was teaching Pasadena schoolkids how to measure, he hit on the idea of writing fractions on tapes and rulers. It helped the kids, and thus was born the E-Z Read tape measure, a boon to the numerically challenged and those with poor eyesight. It’s $7 to $12 at hardware stores and home centers.
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