RoyalGarbage t1_ix01uwn wrote
Reply to comment by MEOW_MAM in [WP] "The new species call themselves 'humans', and while their intelligence is on the low end when it comes to interstellar civilisations, their pure mathematical knowledge is far superior to the entire galactic community's." by Mabi19_
Base 12 is considered more useful because it has more factors: It’s divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6 instead of just by 2 and 5. That doesn’t make it any easier for somebody who’s used base 10 their whole life, though.
Duck_Giblets t1_ixkjtdt wrote
Needs division by zero to be of any reasonable and realistic use.
Ancient_Condition96 t1_iyb2ahk wrote
Everyone else when they encounter fractions: Lets solve them to a decimal form so that we can actually use the number.
Americans: lets leave it at that, you don't need to learn more math do you? No just leave it as it is, no need to complicate it more...
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Yeah I'm annoyed with the american's use of fractions, worse they use them right along side imperial measurement units... ugh every time I see something like "15/18 inches" I feel the need to scream.
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