Originally Posted by zeissman
Fractions aren't needed in the metric system, e.g. 250g is 250g, 982g is 982g, 72cm is 72cm, 1.6m is 1.6m etc. I was schooled for the most part in the imperial system but we went metric in 1967.

I like to call my trout in pounds out of habit and a lot of us older guys still do. Besides an 8lb (three figures) rainbow sounds bigger than a (3.628 kgs 8 figures) rainbow.


In real life fractions are very useful.

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