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Tiger-Heli:


--- Quote from: Jakobud on March 17, 2004, 12:51:04 pm ---
--- 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.

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