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RE: Why do they say 4/8
its for people who cant add berry dood
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RE: Why do they say 4/8
10ths best idea yet and easy to convert decimal to common fractions. eg .96 = 15/16 .50 = 4/8
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RE: Why do they say 4/8
I guess thats just the way it is
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RE: Why do they say 4/8
It is the easiest way to do it, and if you can't figure out how to convert 1/8ths, then you have bigger problems.
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RE: Why do they say 4/8
That's the best answer to this test!
ORIGINAL: 125py its for people who cant add berry dood |
RE: Why do they say 4/8
your talking the metric system there
i think most people just read a tape different i know i have said 4/8 even 6/8 but in school i was taught you round down to the smallest faction I.E 4/8 =1/2 ORIGINAL: timbercruiser I don't understand why they don't use 1/10ths instead of the 1/8ths. It would be easier to add up and just makes sense. |
RE: Why do they say 4/8
never saw a 1inch board being called 4/4
now i do not get why they saw 2by4 when it is 1 3/4by3 3/4 ORIGINAL: kevin1 ORIGINAL: SouthDakotaHunter ORIGINAL: timbercruiser I don't understand why they don't use 1/10ths instead of the 1/8ths. It would be easier to add up and just makes sense. Standard tape measurers increment in 1/8's, so it would be extremely difficult to measure a buck in 1/10ths unless you had a tape that measured in 1/10's... Why does the lumber industry still call a 1" board a 4/4? Why do gas pumps still have 9/10ths when it's physically impossible to calibrate the pump that way? It just sounds better, I guess. |
RE: Why do they say 4/8
now you say we should go metric but change the decimal to standerd fractions
:)i think .96 is alot easy to get the 15/16 ORIGINAL: jiminns 10ths best idea yet and easy to convert decimal to common fractions. eg .96 = 15/16 .50 = 4/8 |
RE: Why do they say 4/8
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656 never saw a 1inch board being called 4/4 now i do not get why they saw 2by4 when it is 1 3/4by3 3/4 I was also wondering about that, I am a carpenter, so I work with a lot of fractions, and I have never seen a 1" board being called a 4ba4 (4x4) ORIGINAL: kevin1 ORIGINAL: SouthDakotaHunter ORIGINAL: timbercruiser I don't understand why they don't use 1/10ths instead of the 1/8ths. It would be easier to add up and just makes sense. Standard tape measurers increment in 1/8's, so it would be extremely difficult to measure a buck in 1/10ths unless you had a tape that measured in 1/10's... Why does the lumber industry still call a 1" board a 4/4? Why do gas pumps still have 9/10ths when it's physically impossible to calibrate the pump that way? It just sounds better, I guess. |
RE: Why do they say 4/8
I was wondering that too. But a lot of people can't read a tape, so I am just guessing it is easiere for the not so inclined;)
I don't get it though, beacuse if you get a measurement at 9/16...then what? Cause if you round up once, do you just go down on the next 1/16? and counter them or what |
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