On 15/08/2009, at 2:20 AM, Aaron Harper wrote:
The question of whether decimals or fractions are better has nothing
to do with the purpose of this forum: "Metrication."
Dear Aaron,
What you say is true but the issue of the form of fractions, whether
as common or vulgar fractions and as decimals does need to be
considered when you are planning your metrication transition.
You might find these articles helpful as you consider this question:
USA decimalisation and metrication explores a possible impediment to
metrication in the USA. This article proposes that the success of
decimalisation has delayed the beginning and slowed down the progress
of metrication in the USA.
http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/USADecimalisationAndMetrication.pdf
A 'whole number rule' for the metric system is a short (2 page)
article that recommends a method to remove fractions from all of your
measurements and from all of your measurement calculations. It does
this by recommending that you choose metric prefixes in such a way
that fractions simply become unnecessary.
http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/WholeNumberRule.pdf
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide. that you can obtain
from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has
helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the
modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they
now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for
their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many
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and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA.
Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST,
and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com
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