School Project Time? You’ve come to the right place. First, give yourself a pat on the back for being the Ultimate Dad and getting involved in your child’s schoolwork! Our free printable graph paper in the downloadable PDF format is perfect for projects from elementary school all the way through high school. Save yourself some money and download our completely free graph paper.
Applications
Math Worksheet
These different types of graph paper are needed for various purposes. High school algebra will require graphing linear functions. Any type of square grid is a viable option for this since your student will be graphing a function of rise over run where the variables are unitless. Elementary and middle school students will be able to use this for learning how to plot cartesian coordinates and creating bar graphs.
Construction Projects
If you are looking to build a deck or need floor plans for a shed you want to construct, any sort of grid paper will be of a huge benefit. Having a sketch that is accurate and to scale is invaluable. A paper sketch will be able to better visualize your project, not to mention helping yourself ensure that your project is constructible. There is also the added benefit of being able to get a good estimate on exactly how much material you will need.
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Daily Life
If you are wondering if the sectional that you are looking at will fit in your man cave, you can measure your room and sketch those dimensions on the graph paper to the proper scale. Then look up the dimensions of the piece of furniture, then sketch it on the page to see how well it fits in the room. This is a great way to help plan out the most efficient way to situate the furniture in a room.
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Laboratory Notebooks
Many lab classes require notebooks. Having grid paper to supplement the notebooks will aid in sketching out experiments. Plus, nothing makes you feel more like a scientist than crumbling up a sheet of paper and throwing it over your shoulder (to the recycle bin) until you determine the proportions in which elements or compounds react with one another.
Web Pages
Web sites are their own form of construction projects. Layout of a web page is just as critical as the layout of a house. Grid paper allows this layout to be accurate and to scale. It will save you several hours and iterations of creating a website only to scrap them if you know exactly what you want to build from the jump. We cringe thinking about how many hours were spent starting all over designing this webpage.
Types of Graph Paper
Important Note:
To properly print the graph paper PDF to the correct scale, you will need to open the PDF files in Adobe Reader or another PDF application of your choice. The paper size selected when printing should be standard US letter paper, which is 8.5 x 11-inch paper. This will ensure that the grid lines on a single page are exactly one inch.
Be sure to verify that the print settings are set to print the full size of the page rather than scaling the margins to fit. Choosing an incorrect size or scale of the paper will distort the grids such that it will no longer be a regular grid shape.
1 Inch Grid Paper
This is a basic form of quad paper with fine lines in black. The grid is not as cluttered with grid sizes of one inch as opposed to half an inch, allowing you ample room for notations and other details.
Blue Line 1 Inch Grid Paper
This is the same type of paper as the as the 1-inch graph paper above, except the color of the grid is blue rather than black. The benefit of the blue grid is that it allows the darker lines of your sketch to be more dominant and let the grid essentially fade into the background.
Half Inch Grid Paper
The half inch quadrille paper allows your sketch to be more precise with the additional grid lines. The additional increments also allow you to plot larger scaled projects with the additional grid lines present. Black lines are drawn for the one-inch index lines with the gray lines drawn every one-half inch.
Blue Line Half Inch Grid Paper
Like the blue-lined 1 inch graph paper, with the exception that a single quadrant on this grid measures 0.5″ x 0.5″.
1 Inch Isometric Grid Paper
Isometric paper is used to draw objects in a 3D isometric view. In this printable PDF one inch is measured along the 30-degree lines and along the vertical lines.
Half Inch Isometric Grid Paper
Similar to the graph paper above, this is a one-half inch grid paper template for isometric drawings. Regular hexagons formed in this will measure one-half of an inch which allows for further detail in your sketches.
Engineering Paper
Our engineering paper grid is plotted such that the black index lines are one inch squares with the minor grid lines measuring 1/5th of an inch. The top edge of the paper has the standard blocks for the project title, date, description, etc.
Summary
No matter the reason for you to be here printing these graph papers, print it, close your laptop or lock your phone and get out there and be The Ultimate Dad