While a phone isn't going to replace a hammer or a saw any time soon, these apps are designed to perform the same functions ...

Click to see a step-by-step slideshow. STEP 1: This is what to do when you know the length of 1 side and the 2 angles at each end of it: here 8 cm, 40° and 50°. Draw an 8 cm line using a pencil and ...

Measure twice, cut once. That’s sound advice, though no guarantee you won't measure wrong twice. Some measuring errors occur ...

Initial Measurement: Place one ruler along the pencil and measure as much of the pencil's length as possible. Mark the Endpoint: Mark the point on the pencil where the ruler ends. Shift the Ruler: ...

Many home cooks want to improve their knife skills in the kitchen. To gain confidence and refine your technique, just follow ...

Click to see a step-by-step slideshow. …to create a cone, use the ruler to draw two lines outwards from the centre point of the circle - both at slight angles as above. Use the scissors to cut along ...

A laser measurer can help you take more accurate measurements at longer distances. Our favorite model has a handy feature ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

Pi is the ratio between a circle’s diameter and its circumference. Sounds dull – but pi turns out to have astonishing properties and crop up in places you would never expect. For a start, it goes on ...

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