MM into CM please someone
21-01-2007, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Thrush
Originally Posted by John Laverick
Just divide each by 25.4mm 
There is 10mm to every 1cm - so 406mm is 40.6cm, or 128mm is 12.8cm
I can't belive this thread went up in the first place (bit like asking how much 126pence is in pounds
) but I hope to god that JL's answer was sarcastic and he clicked the wrong smiley!!!!! 
EDIT - Just seens JL's second reply, I understand now
21-01-2007, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by foreigneRS
Originally Posted by Thrush
But you don't have to do ANY sums at all! Absolutely NO arithmatic whatsoever!
Originally Posted by Thrush
You just take the number - 406 for example - and put a full stop before the last number! 406 becomes 40.6, as in forty-point-six-centimetres....
You don't need to DO anything!
You don't need to DO anything!
i bet he passed his gcse with flying colours
And I still say you don't have to do any arithmatic - you just move the decimal point. Not like you have to actually "divide" by ten as such is it - whatever the number, just move the decimal point to infront of the last number... 133 becomes 13.3 - 665 becomes 66.5 - 447 becomes 44.7 and so on and so on....
21-01-2007, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Thrush
I was just trying to word it easily .
.It's like the nine times thing you can do on your hands:
want to multiply, say, 3 by 9?
fold down your 3rd finger - the first digit of the answer is the number of fingers on the left, the second digit is the number of fingers on the right. 2 and 7 fingers gives 27.
If that makes sense
There is no multiplication going on there, but you get the answer you want.
21-01-2007, 09:31 PM
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Thrush i can understand that. you wonder how he switched the computer on
you're kind of right, but that's only because the metric system uses a base 10 number system. if there were 10mm to a cm and we used base 8 or something it would be a little more difficult than just moving a decimal point, but you would still divide the mm quantity by 10.
St3V3_C only because as humans with 10 digits we chose to use a base 10 counting system
for those that don't understand that, that's cos there's 10 types of people in the world - those that understand binary and those that don't
you're kind of right, but that's only because the metric system uses a base 10 number system. if there were 10mm to a cm and we used base 8 or something it would be a little more difficult than just moving a decimal point, but you would still divide the mm quantity by 10.
St3V3_C only because as humans with 10 digits we chose to use a base 10 counting system
for those that don't understand that, that's cos there's 10 types of people in the world - those that understand binary and those that don't
21-01-2007, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by foreigneRS
Thrush
for those that don't understand that, that's cos there's 10 types of people in the world - those that understand binary and those that don't
for those that don't understand that, that's cos there's 10 types of people in the world - those that understand binary and those that don't
I like that a lot, very good!
21-01-2007, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by foreigneRS
for those that don't understand that, that's cos there's 10 types of people in the world - those that understand binary and those that don't
(i feel like a geek now )