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minus-squarebobs_monkeylinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoIn the US trades, every measurement is expressed in ft/in, with fractions by 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 as they’re expressed on a standard US tape measure. No one uses 5ths, 10ths, 3rds, etc.
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·7 months agofrankly, using predetermined denominators only seems marginally better to me it makes me wonder who decided that 32 3/8 in was more readable than 32.375 in
minus-squareMrQuallzin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoUseful for tape measures. 3/8in would be 6 marks in (6/16)
minus-squarefhqwgads@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoTo be fair 10ths are a thing in surveying. And occasionally engineering I guess but I’ve never seen it. I want a ruler in 3rds just to mess with people now though.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThere’s a 12ths scale on a carpenters square. Used mostly for roofs I believe.
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoExcept 1/100 and 1/1000 because consistency
In the US trades, every measurement is expressed in ft/in, with fractions by 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 as they’re expressed on a standard US tape measure. No one uses 5ths, 10ths, 3rds, etc.
frankly, using predetermined denominators only seems marginally better to me
it makes me wonder who decided that
32 3/8 inwas more readable than32.375 inUseful for tape measures. 3/8in would be 6 marks in (6/16)
To be fair 10ths are a thing in surveying. And occasionally engineering I guess but I’ve never seen it.
I want a ruler in 3rds just to mess with people now though.
There’s a 12ths scale on a carpenters square. Used mostly for roofs I believe.
Except 1/100 and 1/1000 because consistency