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The hands value has at most one digit after the decimal mark, and has an optional fraction. ... hand|3}} → 28.5 inches (7. 0 + 1 ⁄ 2 hands) Output in hands and inches
{{convert|18.45|in|ft in hand cm|frac=2}} → 18.45 inches (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft; 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 in; 4. 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hands; 46.9 cm) {{convert|18.45|in|ft in hand cm|frac=2|1}} → 18.45 inches (1.5 ft; 18.5 in; 4. 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hands; 46.9 cm) If |frac=-N is used (negative N), a horizontal fraction bar is used for the output. {{convert|12.7|mm|frac=-2 ...
A common, vulgar, [n 1] or simple fraction (examples: 1 / 2 and 17 / 3 ) consists of an integer numerator, displayed above a line (or before a slash like 1 ⁄ 2), and a non-zero integer denominator, displayed below (or after) that line. If these integers are positive, then the numerator represents a number of equal parts, and ...
Until then, workers such as millwrights, boilermakers, and machinists in the Anglosphere measured only in traditional fractions of an inch, divided via successive halving, usually only as far as 64ths (1, 1 ⁄ 2, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 8, 1 ⁄ 16, 1 ⁄ 32, 1 ⁄ 64). Each 64th is about 16 thou.
Input with fractions: 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (38.1 mm) The number to convert can be written in fractions. ... This is interpreted as a range from 2 inches to 1⁄2 inch. ...
u+00be ¾ vulgar fraction three quarters The "one-half" symbol has its own code point as a precomposed character in the Latin-1 Supplement block of Unicode , rendering as ½ . The reduced size of this symbol may make it illegible to readers with relatively mild visual impairment ; consequently the decomposed forms 1 ⁄ 2 or 1 / 2 may ...
Approximating a fraction by a fractional decimal ... +1 +2 +1 +2 +1 +1.8 0.04 +1.5 +1 ... hundredths of a dollar, to whole multiples of 1/2 or 1/8 inch, to whole ...
The teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup are defined in terms of a fluid ounce as 1 ⁄ 6, 1 ⁄ 2, and 8 fluid ounces respectively. The fluid ounce derives its name originally from being the volume of one ounce avoirdupois of water, [21] but in the US it is defined as 1 ⁄ 128 of a US gallon. Consequently, a fluid ounce of water weighs about 1.041 ...