To read a dial gas meter, look at the position of the pointers on the dials. The dials will look like this diagram, which shows a large dial and five small dials:
• Read the dials from left to right. Do not read the large dial or any red dials.
• When the pointer is between two numbers, write down the lower number. This may not be the number nearest to the pointer.
• If the number is between 9 and 0, use 9.
• If the pointer is exactly on a number, write it down and underline it.
• If any of the underlined numbers you have written down are followed by a 9, you’ll need to take one away from the number you’ve underlined.
• So the reading in the example is 9476.
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