Changing decimals into fractions / Tradestutor

Decimals to fractions with the speed and accuracy of a small green ninja turtle.

[voodooicepops]

Thank you I’ve been a welder for ten years and still have problems with this and this is so simple

[kevinu]

Thank you so much, I’m new to carpentry and I came across this recently but was clueless.

[hwkjqhl]

do you think we could get the formula with this

[blane-austinmallahan]

So would 4.397 = 4 - 4 3/4
I having trouble on when should I round up? Cause I would get 4 inches if I rounded up. But when I put it in the calculator it doesn’t round up. Then other problem I do round up. I can’t figure out when to round up on the decimal when I multiply by 12 and 16

[odirsanchez]

I just started trade school a week ago the class has started over a month ago and they gave me a test about this and I have no idea what any of this is and I’m panicking 😂 this helped me a bit but basically they told me to look for the off set of a long radius 90 which is 5.62 and I know that converts to 5 5/8 but idk how he got that decimal to get to 5/8 !!! I’m struggling

[goodcitizen]

Whoa not sure what the hell you are trying to do here! This is incorrect information 100%

.279” is closer to a 1/4” (.250”) than it is 3/8” (.375”).

My question would be who would give you a measurement in this configuration being so specific as to go the thousandth, and then be agreeable to an 1/8” error rate??

4.279’ is something I have never seen on a print.
4.279” maybe but never the former.

I am a machinist by trade so it’s possible that this only applies to carpentry and iron workers. We definitely measure with different tapes.
1/8” (.125”) is a mile off in my trade where as carpentry and Iron workers can be out by 1/4” and still be in spec..