On 19/07/2013 3:02 PM, clipka wrote:
> The use of fractions, all by itself, is still on the fun side; just wait
> until you have to express longer distances to high precision, as in "2
> ft 3 1/4 in".

What is wrong with saying "two feet, three and a quarter inches"?

But on a side issue. Our move to the SI system coinciding with cheap 
calculators means that younger people can no longer do sums in their 
head even with a very simple money system. And by younger I mean people 
in their early 30's. Shop assistants need a calculator to add two items 
then subtract it from the money tendered.I think that being forced to 
use your mind to do quite complex simple arithmetic, was no bad thing.

Lordy! Things were better in my day.
Heaven help the shopkeeper who tried to short change some one on a 
thrupenny ha'penny purchase when handing over a half crown. ;-)

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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