How many times have you been to an online store and you don’t need a whole yard or even a half, but maybe just 1/3 of yard? How many times did you get confused when they talk by centimeters or inches?
Do you know the correct fractions you can use to order just that amount?
Here you go…your very own handy dandy chart and calculator of fractions done in decimals.
Fabric is usually purchased “by the yard”, 36 inches, fraction of a yard or centimeters.
| Yards fraction |
Yards decimal |
Inches | Centimeters |
| 1/8 | 0.125 | 4 1/2 | 11.4 |
| 1/6 | 0.17 | 6 | 15.2 |
| 1/4 | 0.25 | 9 | 22.9 |
| 1/3 | 0.33 | 12 | 30.4 |
| 3/8 | 0.375 | 13 1/2 | 34.3 |
| 1/2 | 0.5 | 18 | 45.7 |
| 5/8 | 0.625 | 22 1/2 | 57.2 |
| 2/3 | 0.67 | 24 | 61.0 |
| 3/4 | 0.75 | 27 | 68.6 |
| 5/6 | 0.83 | 30 | 76.2 |
| 7/8 | 0.875 | 31 1/2 | 80.0 |
| 1 | 1.0 | 36 | 91.4 |
You may convert between inches, yards in decimal form, yards in fractional form, and centimeters. Enter a value in any of the four fields below and click on the Calculate button. The values in the other three fields will be calculated for you.
Press Clear before any new Calculation. The results are nearest 1/10 inch, nearest 1/100 yard, rounded up to nearest 1/8 and nearest 1/10 cm