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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 287318, member: 66&quot;]The British L/S/d system is actually based on an old roman system which operated on a base 60&nbsp; system.&nbsp; 60 is one heck of a number.&nbsp; It is divisible by 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20, and 30.&nbsp; It&#039;s multiples of 120 and 240 also come in handy.</p><p><br /></p><p>While it seems odd to us today I&#039;m sure that the people who grew up using it had no trouble and could make change nearly as quickly as we do today.&nbsp; Possibly faster since today most cashiers have to have the register tell them how much to give back, and then have difficulty figuring out what coins to use to get the cents portion.</p><p><br /></p><p>US carpenters have the same problem, handling fractions in 16ths, 8ths, and quarters rounding to get inches which then convert to feet on a base 12 system, and then the feet work on a base 10 system.&nbsp; Give me metric anyday.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You should be embracing metric since it is already on a decimal system.&nbsp; he problem you have now is you are having to convert the fractions to decimal INCHES which are still on a base 12 system.&nbsp; Wouldn&#039;t it be so much nicer if it was al metric and everything was decimal and you never had to convert anything[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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