[Symbiote]

A ruler sold in the US (and Britain, on the reverse/bottom) has inch markings with fractions.

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0⅛¼⅜½⅝¾⅞1

So the measurement, when taken, is 1⅜".

I've seen inch rulers with different fractions, e.g. one end might be eights, the other sixteenths, turn it over and there are tenths.

(I don't know how this works with digital measuring devices — I grew up in Britain so have never used inches professionally. Only in Warhammer and TV screens.)

[ghaff]

With digital devices I assume there is a mode switch like in the digital scales I have at home in the US. I actually work in grams for things like bread making which seems easier than a combination of pounds and ounces.