• dellish@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Woodworking, sure. You have a piece of wood 2’ 5 5/8“ long that you need to cut into quarters. Can you calculate that in your head? Metric is SOOOO much easier.

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      9 months ago

      here’s how i did: 2’/4=6", 5 5/8"/4=1 13/32, so it’s 7 13/32"

      smart to pick a prime numerator!