Help with calculator? google

[dighn]

Originally posted by: DVad3r
How do I suck at math? I don't live in the US, I'm using the metric system son. Is it my fault that google gave me the wrong numbers? gtfo back into your troll cave peon.

you were just ignorant of the imperial system which is forgivable because it is a horrible system. but google did not give you the wrong answer. 5.9 ft is not 5'9"

 

[lyssword]

Yep, google is wrong. They should have done %12 in programming code.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: dighn
you are doing it wrong. 181 centimeters = 71.2598425 inch = 5 feet 11.26 inches

How? It's google calculator. Go to google and type in 181 cm to feet and hit search:

181 centimeters = 5.93832021 feet
More about calculator.

well you gotta remember that the empirical system sucks. 12 inches in 1 feet.

:laugh: You mean the imperial system?

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: dighn
well you gotta remember that the empirical system sucks. 12 inches in 1 feet.

:laugh: You mean the imperial system?

why yes i do

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
It seems he's not from the US. Since we use such a backwards measurement system and not metric, outsiders aren't aware of the 12 inch in a foot thing.

No, this is good old fashioned stupidity. I don't know anyone who doesn't know that 1 foot == 12 inches. We may use the metric system day-to-day but we're still very aware of the imperial measurement system.

 

[ManSnake]

Originally posted by: RESmonkey

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: dighn
you are doing it wrong. 181 centimeters = 71.2598425 inch = 5 feet 11.26 inches

How? It's google calculator. Go to google and type in 181 cm to feet and hit search:

181 centimeters = 5.93832021 feet
More about calculator.

That's a serious math fail right there.

It seems he's not from the US. Since we use such a backwards measurement system and not metric, outsiders aren't aware of the 12 inch in a foot thing.

He lives in Canada, which is USA-lite, plus Canada is a part of the empire, so no excuses for him.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
5.9 does not equal 5'9"

This. Do you work at Verizon?

 

[cyclohexane]

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: DVad3r
How do I suck at math? I don't live in the US, I'm using the metric system son. Is it my fault that google gave me the wrong numbers? gtfo back into your troll cave peon.

THERE ARE TWELVE INCHES IN A FOOT

12*.9 =~ 11

Oh, so that's why subs have 12 inches, cause they are a foot! Mmmm, Mr. Sub, Mmmm

OP is a retard.

 

[DVad3r]

^ Sir I am very offended by your comment.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: DVad3r
^ Sir I am very offended by your comment.

Being called retarded is less of an issue in the states as being called Canadian... be thankful

 

[Zensal]

OP: Homework

Makes no sense, but it is a must know for now.

 

[oboeguy]

Try converting to beard seconds instead:

181 centimeters = 362 000 000 beard seconds

 

[daw123]

What I don't understand is why the dimensions for some things are specified as a combination of imperial and metric units.

Two examples, which spring to mind:
Tyres: 17" diameter with a width of 225mm
Timber: 2" x 1" X-section and 3000mm long

wtf.

Why don't they just convert the whole lot to metric and round it to the nearest 5mm. In the timber example I gave above, it would be near-as-dammit 50mm x 25mm X-section by 3000mm long.

The tyre example:
13" Tyre ~= 330mm
14" Tyre ~= 355mm
15" Tyre ~= 380mm
16" Tyre ~= 405mm
17" Tyre ~= 430mm
etc.

It would make my life so much easier (I work in the construction industry), since I've always been taught how to use metric units. I know how to convert between imperial and metric (25.4mm = 1" and 12" = 1') but its laborious.

Also in the UK, it seems that EU law is deliberately trying to phase out the use of imperial units (remember a couple of years ago when grocers, butchers, shops etc. were forced to have all weights shown in g and kg as well as lb).

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: dighn
you are doing it wrong. 181 centimeters = 71.2598425 inch = 5 feet 11.26 inches

How? It's google calculator. Go to google and type in 181 cm to feet and hit search:

181 centimeters = 5.93832021 feet
More about calculator.

/facepalm

 

[Bulk Beef]

Incidentally, 5.9 is not 5'9".

 

[seemingly random]

And yet another way:

1 inch = ~2.54 cm
181 / 2.54 = ~71 inches = ~5 ft 11 inches

 

[Firebot]

Originally posted by: DVad3r
How do I suck at math? I don't live in the US, I'm using the metric system son. Is it my fault that google gave me the wrong numbers? gtfo back into your troll cave peon.

Canada still uses inches to measure height and pounds to measure weight.

 

[shortylickens]

OP should find more faith. His current lack of it is disturbing.

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
OP should find more faith. His current lack of it is disturbing.

:laugh:

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Firebot

Originally posted by: DVad3r
How do I suck at math? I don't live in the US, I'm using the metric system son. Is it my fault that google gave me the wrong numbers? gtfo back into your troll cave peon.

Canada still uses inches to measure height and pounds to measure weight.

No it doesn't. My driver's license lists my height in centimetres and my mass in kg.

A lot of people around here still use feet and pounds, but it's just a throwback and is disappearing.

 

[adlep]

Self ownage of the year?

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: DVad3r
So I'm trying to convert my height and I'm 181 cm tall. According to google calculator I'm 5 foot 9, but when I punch in 5 foot 9 inches to cm it gives me 175? wtf?

For posterity.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: DVad3r
So I'm trying to convert my height and I'm 181 cm tall. According to google calculator I'm 5 foot 9, but when I punch in 5 foot 9 inches to cm it gives me 175? wtf?

For posterity.

 

[lxskllr]

To change inches to decimal feet, example... (5'10-3/4") 3/4+10/12+5=5.8958'

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for completeness