Re: Converting decimal number to carpenter's fractions
- Posted by jaygade May 08, 2012
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K_D_R said...
petelomax said...
K_D_R said...
Why is it better to calculate the constant each time?
LOL. For much the same reason you want carpenters fractions. Humans find them easier.
Pete
Carpenter's fractions may be easier for those habituated in their use, but I find the metric system much easier to use. It seems that most of the world, except the U.S. and the U.K., find the metric system easier to us. I think that even the U.K. may be further along than the U. S., as far as adopting the metric system.
Regards,
For some things, decimals are easier. For other things, fractions are easier.
There are times when fractions are "cleaner" and more exact than are rounded decimals.
