Why do they say 4/8
03-01-2008, 08:58 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: Why do they say 4/8
If you're measuring in 1/8's,then 4/8 is a valid fraction.It would be harder to add up total measurements if you used differant fractions(1/2" + 5/8" + 3/4" + 7/8",etc...)--much easier to keep them on the same base
03-01-2008, 09:46 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Why do they say 4/8
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.
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.
03-02-2008, 11:32 AM
#8
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
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RE: Why do they say 4/8
ORIGINAL: SouthDakotaHunter
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...
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.
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.
03-02-2008, 07:02 PM
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2008
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RE: Why do they say 4/8
it goes by 1/8 ths so therefore its easier to identify 3/8 is larger than 2/8 etc..and by how much, vs. how much bigger is 5/8 over a 1/4 or 1/2 etc.....I like the the method of measurement, no reason to base on being mathmatically correct/simplified.
03-02-2008, 09:50 PM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Illinois
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RE: Why do they say 4/8
It's all about having a common denominator for adding & subtracting. And, like salukipv1 said, it's probably easier for some peope to "see" the difference on paper between 1/2 & 5/8.
And the gas prices...I argue with people about this all the time. lol Almost everybody I know will see a price at say, $3.09 & 9/10 and say gas is $3.09. No, in my mind it's $3.10. I think it's just a marketing ploy...I could be wrong though (I have been before). lol
And the gas prices...I argue with people about this all the time. lol Almost everybody I know will see a price at say, $3.09 & 9/10 and say gas is $3.09. No, in my mind it's $3.10. I think it's just a marketing ploy...I could be wrong though (I have been before). lol