Rulers you can print are also convenient because they’re more flexible than their plastic, wood, or metal counterparts; you can bend them to measure just about anything.
These are helpful if you’re teaching your child or students about units of measurements, and with them being paper, they can even decorate them to make the activity a bit more fun.
These ruler downloads are actual size, so you’ll want to take care to keep them that way when you print. When printing a paper ruler, make sure you don’t have the shrink to fit option turned on, and page scaling should be set to none. It will print the ruler at actual size with accurate units.
If you’re looking for a sturdier printout, use cardstock instead of printer paper.
Their printable rulers are available in foot, metric, centimeter/inch, narrow, yard, meter, large-print, single-unit, color square, and number-free in different lengths and styles. There are also a number of free rulers that are great for teaching kids about measurement.
You also have a lot of options on how many rulers you can print per page. There are options for 1, 6, 9, 10, 13, 16, and 21. The printable rulers at Vendian’s can be downloaded as a .PDF or .PS (PostScript) file.
Printable Paper Rulers from Vendian Systems
There are measuring tape rulers, centimeter rulers, inches rulers to varying scales, whole and quarter-inch rulers, protractors, and more. The cutting lines around the ruler make it easy to cut out the printable ruler neatly and accurately.
Click on the image of the ruler you’d like to print and it will open as a PDF file. After you print, you can follow the directions on Printable-Ruler.net (on the right side of the page) on how to test your ruler to make sure it is accurate.
Online Printable Rulers from Printable-Ruler.net
Printable Rulers from MathATube
The PrintableRulers.net homepage shows the 15 most popular rulers on their site. Some of these printable rules include a meterstick, 15-cm mm ruler, yardstick, square, and a 12-inch by 1/10 inch ruler.
There are also some engineering rulers, business card rulers, and measuring tape.
Free Printable Rulers from PrintableRulers.net
Free, Printable French Curve and Hip Curve Rulers from Grow Your Own Clothes
Printable Color Coded Rulers from Teachers Pay Teachers
You’ll print the ruler on 6 different pages and then tape the pages together to make the growth chart.
Free, Printable Growth Chart Ruler from The Fink Family Farm
Although this printable is meant for students it can work for anyone who’s looking for a good printable paper ruler. Like the others in this list, this free printable ruler downloads as a PDF file. You’ll need to sign up for a free account at TeacherVision to download these rulers.
Printable Rulers and Protractor from TeacherVision
