| ▲ | bonsai_spool 2 days ago | |
> A pound is 16 ounces, which can be divided 4 times without involving any fractions. Try that with metric. 1000 g, 500 g, 250 g, 125 g I also don't understand the fear around fractions - we deal with halves, quarters and fifths all the time in the natural world. | ||
| ▲ | its_magic 2 days ago | parent [-] | |
> I also don't understand the fear around fractions - we deal with halves, quarters and fifths all the time in the natural world. Yes, and a certain fast food company found that their 1/3 lb burgers weren't selling well, because their idiot customers can't maff too good and thought 1/4 was bigger than 1/3. | ||