Printable Graph Paper

10 Squares Per Inch Graph Paper

Ten squares to the inch (2.54 mm each) with a heavier line at every inch, for work measured in tenths.

8.5 × 11.0 in · 215.9 × 279.4 mm
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What 10 Squares Per Inch Graph Paper looks like

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    10 Squares Per Inch Graph Paper on US Letter, exactly as it prints.

    10 Squares Per Inch Graph Paper on US Letter, printable example sheet

Decimal inches

Engineering drawings in the US are dimensioned in decimal inches — 0.375, not 3/8 — and a grid of ten to the inch matches that directly. Each square is one tenth, so a dimension of 2.4 inches is 24 squares with no conversion.

It is the same reasoning that makes millimetre paper convenient in metric countries: match the grid to the units the numbers are already in, and reading the plot stops requiring arithmetic.

Every sheet here is free, adjustable and prints at exact scale.

Questions

Is 10 squares per inch the same as millimetre paper?

Close but not the same. A tenth of an inch is 2.54 mm, so the grid is about two and a half times coarser than a 1 mm sheet.

Which is better, 8 or 10 squares per inch?

Whichever matches your numbers. Fractional dimensions suit eighths; decimal dimensions and most calculated data suit tenths.