Rebar is sized nominally by "eighths of an inch" of the bar's diameter.
Every bar can be measured in eighths of an inch. A #3 bar is 3/8" in diameter. A #6 bar is 3/4" in diameter. 3/4 is the same as 6/8. A #10 bar is about 10/8" in diameter. This is the same as 1.27".