A plain scale is made to show 8 meters and sub division is decimeters. To measure7 meters and 3 decimeters how many divisions is to take on the right side of origin and how many it is to take on the left side of origin?

Correct Answer: 7, 3
Origin is at 1st division ending. 1st division is made to sub-divisions. From origin, it is divided into divisions on the right side and towards left 1st division is divided into sub-divisions. Here it is asked to measure how many divisions do 7 meters takes. It is 7 from origin to right. And 3 from origin to left.