My objective is to make a Parcheesi game board in a bigger scale for my elderly, visually impaired mother. The directions I found explain how to make one on a 13 inch square. My square is 22 inches, since I need my board to be bigger, so that my mom can see it. Which would be my measurements on a 22 inch square. I couldn't figure out the ratio. Please help me with this task because this is very important to keep my mother's mind active. Thanks so much for any help/input on my question.
The directions can be found at;
http://www.ehow.com/how_6574581_make-parcheesi-board.html
Thank you. :)
The directions can be found at;
http://www.ehow.com/how_6574581_make-parcheesi-board.html
Thank you. :)
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Those instructions are a little bit vague, but there's a fairly easy way to scale it up. Anytime you see a direction that says "measure x inches", multiply that number by 22, and divide it by 13. So, if it says "make a 5 inch line", you would draw a line that's 5 * 22 / 13 = 8.46 inches.
If you really wanted to make life easier, you could do one of two things:
1) Cut down your square to measure 19.5 by 19.5 inches. The square would be smaller, but the math would be a lot easier, since 19.5 / 13 = 1.5. You'd just multiply all measurements by 1.5.
2) Get a bigger square that's 26 inches by 26 inches. Then you'd just multiply all measurements by 26/13 = 2...or basically, you'd double everything.
If you really wanted to make life easier, you could do one of two things:
1) Cut down your square to measure 19.5 by 19.5 inches. The square would be smaller, but the math would be a lot easier, since 19.5 / 13 = 1.5. You'd just multiply all measurements by 1.5.
2) Get a bigger square that's 26 inches by 26 inches. Then you'd just multiply all measurements by 26/13 = 2...or basically, you'd double everything.
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why don't you use a 26in board and make everything twice as big