Useful Links?

[Roy Ulrich]

Why then, on my desk adding machine / calculator, does it work the opposite
way? When I divide 4 by 3 I get 1.33 - but if I divide 3 by 4 I get
.75....time to trade?

Roy Ulrich

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: Useful Links?


> Hi Avery,
>
> Divide the bottom number by the top number. I.e. 4/3 = .75
>
> At 08:42 AM 07/17/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >List,
> >
> >I found these links listed in the business section of the
> >Houston Chronicle today. Thought some might find
> >them useful. The first one is especially useful for
> >conversion from inches/feet to metric (has
> >be a decimal). Now, for those of us who are
> >mathematically challenged, how does one convert a
> >fraction to a decimal? :-)
> >