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BristolDon
 Post subject: Fractions
PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:26 am 
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Was having a (surprisingly heated) debate with a colleague about names for fractions, couldn't agree one way or the other so I thought it'd b interesting to hear what other people would say in this situation (other than "sod off and get a life").
If I had a slab of chocolate that had 32 squares, and I gave someone one square, what would you verbally call the fraction of the slab that I gave them.
Would 1/32 be pronounced a thirty-second or a thirty-twoth (pronounced tooth)?
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 Post subject: Re: Fractions
PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:48 am 
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I'd just call it a 'bit of chocolate' mate but that's just me.

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 Post subject: Re: Fractions
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BristolDon wrote:
If I had a slab of chocolate that had 32 squares, and I gave someone one square, what would you verbally call the fraction of the slab that I gave them.

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Lieutenant Dan
 Post subject: Re: Fractions
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BristolDon wrote:
Was having a (surprisingly heated) debate with a colleague about names for fractions, couldn't agree one way or the other so I thought it'd b interesting to hear what other people would say in this situation (other than "sod off and get a life").
If I had a slab of chocolate that had 32 squares, and I gave someone one square, what would you verbally call the fraction of the slab that I gave them.
Would 1/32 be pronounced a thirty-second or a thirty-twoth (pronounced tooth)?


I would call the fraction a thirty-second.

I would call you a stingy bastard for having a whacking great bar of chocolate and giving someone one square.

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midland don
 Post subject: Re: Fractions
PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:14 am 
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Lieutenant Dan wrote:
BristolDon wrote:
Was having a (surprisingly heated) debate with a colleague about names for fractions, couldn't agree one way or the other so I thought it'd b interesting to hear what other people would say in this situation (other than "sod off and get a life").
If I had a slab of chocolate that had 32 squares, and I gave someone one square, what would you verbally call the fraction of the slab that I gave them.
Would 1/32 be pronounced a thirty-second or a thirty-twoth (pronounced tooth)?


I would call the fraction a thirty-second.

I would call you a stingy bastard for having a whacking great bar of chocolate and giving someone one square.

Definitely this :lol:
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BristolDon
 Post subject: Re: Fractions
PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:27 am 
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midland don wrote:
Lieutenant Dan wrote:
BristolDon wrote:
Was having a (surprisingly heated) debate with a colleague about names for fractions, couldn't agree one way or the other so I thought it'd b interesting to hear what other people would say in this situation (other than "sod off and get a life").
If I had a slab of chocolate that had 32 squares, and I gave someone one square, what would you verbally call the fraction of the slab that I gave them.
Would 1/32 be pronounced a thirty-second or a thirty-twoth (pronounced tooth)?


I would call the fraction a thirty-second.

I would call you a stingy bastard for having a whacking great bar of chocolate and giving someone one square.

Definitely this :lol:


Tough when I've got thirty one colleagues in the office who all want a square though!
Does that mean that if i then gave another colleague another square, I'd be giving away a thirty-first of what I had left? Or a thirty-oneth?
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Lieutenant Dan
 Post subject: Re: Fractions
PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:42 am 
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BristolDon wrote:
Tough when I've got thirty one colleagues in the office who all want a square though!
Does that mean that if i then gave another colleague another square, I'd be giving away a thirty-first of what I had left? Or a thirty-oneth?

Well, why didn't you explain that the first time round?! :lol:

Yes, I would call that a thirty-first.

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 Post subject: Re: Fractions
PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:03 pm 
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeral_(linguistics)#Fractional_numbers
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