tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 27 01:24:55 1997
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Re: fractions ?
- From: "Anthony.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: fractions ?
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:24:04 GMT
- Organization: Materials Science Centre
- Priority: normal
Philippe Lavoie <[email protected]> wrote:-
> How do you represent fractions ? I've learned that qelI'qam represents
> roughly 2 kilometers. If I want to say "go 1.5 kilometer north" therefore, I
> need to know how to represent 0.75 (3/4). Should I use this syntax ? three
> fourth? wej loSDich or 75 hundreth? SochmAh vagh wa'vatlhDich
Or should I avoid creating arithmetic problems and simply say that a {tera'
qelI'qam} is a mile? In metric countries if 1 q. = 2 km, multiplying and
dividing by 2 are fairly easy.