1 centimeter grid: the everyday graphing standard for elementary math and primary school.

Free printable 1cm graph paper in A4 and Letter. Centimeter grid PDFs for measurement, primary math and quick sketches.

1cm Graph Paper | Free Printable Centimeter Grid PDF

1cm Graph Paper

Lay any object you want to measure across the page and count cells. Each one is 10 mm wide and 10 mm tall. For lengths over 30 cm flip the paper to A3 or Tabloid; the cells stay 1 cm regardless of paper size.

Use it as a measuring surface

For a 5 m room sketched at 1:100, the whole room fits in 5 × the appropriate dimension cells. For a circuit board at 2:1, one cell becomes 5 mm of physical board. Decide the scale before the first line and write it in the corner so future-you remembers.

Match the scale to the subject

On a 1 cm grid the cells themselves are the tick marks. Drawing additional ticks inside the cells creates visual noise. Write axis numbers in the cell at each major interval instead.

Don't waste cells on tick marks

1 cm cells are spacious enough that small misalignments show. Pencil the structure of any diagram first, then ink over once you're satisfied, and only then start labelling.