Inches with decimals?

[zaphod Member Find all posts View Profile Close zaphod]

How are people getting their measurements in inches with decimals? (like 6.3) I've never seen a ruler or measuring tape that had inches with decimals, they're all in 32nds or 64ths or something. So why don't people say things like 6 5/32?

[Robberman Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Robberman]

I think it's because some rulers/tapes come with inches in units of 10.

[BeingAverageSucks Member Find all posts View Profile Close BeingAverageSucks]

I always just put a .3 or what ever after if it comes out to be like after the little 1/4th hash mark lol.

[alan020 Member of the Month Jan 13 Find all posts View Profile Close alan020]

If you are used to working in the metric system it is a lot easier to convert by not using fractions etc. Any online converter will convert from mm to inches to a few decimel places but it wont give you the fraction result

[testar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close testar]

Y U NO USE CM ?

[thenewdude Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close thenewdude]

Because it is easier to write than fractions. It don't really make a difference just a preference. As a programmer, I prefer floating points and it looks cleaner.

[thenewdude Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close thenewdude]

Because it is easier to write than fractions. It don't really make a difference just a preference. As a programmer, I prefer floating points and it looks cleaner. Which looks better 6 5/32 or 6.156 or 6.16 rounded to highest?

[alan020 Member of the Month Jan 13 Find all posts View Profile Close alan020]

Or you could just use the metric system like the rest of the world

[thenewdude Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close thenewdude]

You could just cm but whether you write in centimeters or in inches or in decimals is a preference and all have their conversation to the closest value. Use what you are comfortable with. So the US uses inches and not metrics (like the rest of the world), who cares.

[namsokiek Banned Find all posts View Profile Close namsokiek]

Grandpa Simpson's thoughts on the metric system:

The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogs head and that's the way I likes it!!!

[Captain Jack Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Captain Jack]

How are people getting their measurements in inches with decimals? (like 6.3) I've never seen a ruler or measuring tape that had inches with decimals, they're all in 32nds or 64ths or something. So why don't people say things like 6 5/32?

Using decimals can be more precise and it gives you a really good perspective as you get your gains. Whenever possible, use cm and convert it to inches, which will give you a pretty accurate measurement. If you can't, just figure out what your measurement is and divide the fraction to get the decimal rather than writing the fraction. Easy peasy. You'll be glad you did.

[BigO AdministratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close BigO]

Y U NO USE CM ?

Try not to use text speak, it makes things hard to understand for many here at the gym.

[BigO AdministratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close BigO]

Why not just use the fractions, 7 1/4 = 7.25, 7 3/8ths = 7.375

I usually see something like 7.3 and figure the guy is just guessing at that point.

[Stan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Stan]

Try not to use text speak

It's a joke, from a popular meme: yuno.jpg

[Jay1983 Senior MemberMember of the Month Apr 2014, Sept 2016 Find all posts View Profile Close Jay1983]

Forget numbers and decimals, I use words.