Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:04:42 +0200, andrel wrote:
>
> >> You're making a mental calculation there - you're dividing by 10.  It's
> >> easy, but that doesn't mean there's no calculation at all.
> >>
> >>
> > Oh come on, you are not dividing, just shifting the decimal point.
>
> Which by definition, mathematically, is division (or multiplication if
> it's the other direction).

still, it doesn't demand any calculation at all to correlate 1.80 meters to 1
meter and 80 cm or to 180 cm.  They are all equivalent, even in digits...

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