REDUCTION OF INCHES TO MILLIMETRES. 125 
above amount, the result being 400.58 millimetres (or, 
what is sufficiently near, 401 millimetres), which = 15.77 
inches. 
(3) To reduce 120.44 inches to millimetres, find in the 
same manner the equivalent of 1.2, which is 30.48, move 
the point two places to the right, and 3048. results ; add 
the equivalent of 0.44, which is 11.18, and the result is 
3059 millimetres — 120.44 inches. 
