To be fair 10ths are a thing in surveying. And occasionally engineering I guess but I’ve never seen it.
I want a ruler in 3rds just to mess with people now though.
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bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 6 months agoIn the US trades, every measurement is expressed in ft/in, with fractions by 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 as they’re expressed on a standard US tape measure. No one uses 5ths, 10ths, etc
fhqwgads@possumpat.io 6 months ago
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
There’s a 12ths scale on a carpenters square. Used mostly for roofs I believe.
riodoro1@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Except 1/100 and 1/1000 because consistency
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
frankly, using predetermined denominators only seems marginally better to me
it makes me wonder who decided that
32 3/8 inwas more readable than32.375 inMrQuallzin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Useful for tape measures. 3/8in would be 6 marks in (6/16)