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UK back to "imperial" measurements ?
coppice:
--- Quote from: tooki on June 01, 2022, 05:26:25 pm ---Oh my. I would question whether anyone who can't convert a spoken "zero point 6" to 0.6 in their head should be allowed anywhere near food, money, or anything else of consequence!!
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A considerable percentage of the population struggles massively with simple decimal fractions. You'll find plenty of people in well paid middle class jobs who struggle with equating zero point six to 0.6
JohanH:
Now they only have to go all the way and create a bill to square the circle at a ratio of 32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill
And the horsepower hour electricity bills...
bd139:
--- Quote from: coppice on June 01, 2022, 05:46:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on June 01, 2022, 05:26:25 pm ---Oh my. I would question whether anyone who can't convert a spoken "zero point 6" to 0.6 in their head should be allowed anywhere near food, money, or anything else of consequence!!
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A considerable percentage of the population struggles massively with simple decimal fractions. You'll find plenty of people in well paid middle class jobs who struggle with equating zero point six to 0.6
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I work in fintech. I’ve met actuaries who have trouble with simple mathematics. If you don’t use it, you lose it.
IanB:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on June 01, 2022, 05:38:42 pm ---Decimal imperial units are quite common, but I've not known a scale like that. If it was for weighing large objects, up to hundreds of pounds that would be fair enough. It would make more sense to just use ounces. I have some kitchen scales which a resolution of 0.05oz, when set to ounces. I normally have it set to grams, which is slightly more precision, although I imagine it doesn't make any difference, since 0.05oz is probably the limit to its repeatability.
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All the deli counters I use here have a scale that weighs and prices in decimal pounds. Aint nobody got time to program point of sale devices in pounds and ounces. It will compute "0.53 lb at $8.99/lb is $4.76"
If you want 0.6 lb when ordering, you can just say "a bit over half a pound", or "can you add another couple of slices to that?"
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: coppice on June 01, 2022, 05:46:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on June 01, 2022, 05:26:25 pm ---Oh my. I would question whether anyone who can't convert a spoken "zero point 6" to 0.6 in their head should be allowed anywhere near food, money, or anything else of consequence!!
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A considerable percentage of the population struggles massively with simple decimal fractions. You'll find plenty of people in well paid middle class jobs who struggle with equating zero point six to 0.6
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Yep.
A discussion about that: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-mathematical-illiteracy-socially-acceptable
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