5mm Graph Paper
This is a standard Cartesian system graphing paper. There are horizontal and vertical lines 5mm apart. Graph paper is often used in engineering, it's common to see engineering graph paper printed on light green paper.
This graph paper was designed for Letter size paper in the portrait orientation. The 'letter' paper size is the most common size paper used in the U.S. It's 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall. It's close in size to the A4 size paper but not quite.
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Paper Size Reference
For reference here is a list and description of all the sizes:
| Letter | The 'letter' paper size is the most common size paper used in the U.S. It's 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall. It's close in size to the A4 size paper but not quite. |
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| A4 | A4 paper is the most common size paper. It's 210 mm by 297 mm. |
| 11x17 | Tabloid paper, otherwise known as tabloid size paper, is the size of two standard 'letter' size papers. It's handy for large prints. |
| Legal | Legal size paper is a little longer than the more standard 'letter'. It's exactly 3 inches longer. It's exact size is 8.5 inches by 14 inches. |
| A3 | A3 paper is like putting two A4 papers side by side. It's 420 mm by 297 mm. |
| A2 | A2 paper is the size of 2 A3 papers put together. It's 420 mm by 594 mm. |
| Poster | Poster size paper is 24 inches wide by 36 inches tall. It's roughly the size of two 11x17 papers put side by side. |
| Movie Poster | Poster size is a little bigger than 'poster' size. While poster size i 24x36 inches. 'Movie poster' size is 27x41 inches. |
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