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Online Decimal to fractional inches?
Tiger-Heli:
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--- Quote from: DYNAGOD on March 17, 2004, 12:10:20 pm ---when in doubt just divide the top number into the bottom
;D
so 7/16 would be
7 divided by 16 = .4375
if they just told us this in high school we wouldnt be slaves to conversion charts..
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He is trying to go the opposite direction.
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Going the other way is what the conversion charts are good for.
In theory you can do this -
0.75 = 75/100 (seventy-five one-hundredths) and 5 goes into both 100 and 75 so it's also 15/20, and 5 goes into both of those, so it's really 3/4's.
FWIW
FractalWalk:
1/16 = 0.0625. Get a calculator and divide your decimal measurement by 0.0625, then that is the number of 1/6ths. From there reduce the fraction to what you want.
For example 0.4375 / 0.0625 = 7. So it is 7/16
0.75 / 0.0625 = 12. So it is 12/16 or 3/4
abrannan:
--- Quote from: FractalWalk on March 17, 2004, 01:23:03 pm ---1/16 = 0.0625. Get a calculator and divide your decimal measurement by 0.0625, then that is the number of 1/6ths. From there reduce the fraction to what you want.
For example 0.4375 / 0.0625 = 7. So it is 7/16
0.75 / 0.0625 = 12. So it is 12/16 or 3/4
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Or even easier, instead of dividing by 1/16th, multiply by 16. Same result.
Jakobud:
Here's a good chart:
http://www.rafhdwe.com/decimal.htm
SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: Tailgunner on March 16, 2004, 09:47:40 pm ---The ones I can recall are:
1/64" = .015625
1/32" = .03125
1/16" = .0625
1/8" = .125
1/4" = .25
5/16" = .3125
3/8" = .375
7/16" = .4375
1/2" = .5
9/16" = .5625
5/8" = .625
11/16" = .6875
3/4" = .75
13/16" = .8125
7/8" = .875
15/16" = .9375
There's a calculator in Windows under accessories if ya need something obscure. :)
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Ok, he wants to go the other direction. If 16ths is as close as he needs he can use this chart to estimate.