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Also show fraction equivalents #114

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cassidyjames opened this issue Oct 3, 2019 · 1 comment
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Also show fraction equivalents #114

cassidyjames opened this issue Oct 3, 2019 · 1 comment
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cassidyjames commented Oct 3, 2019 •
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Not sure how easy this is, but a super handy addition to the Calculator on Android is showing common fractions for results. So if you calculate 42÷16, it shows:

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This is incredibly nice with our stupid Imperial measurements, and can also just be a nice nudge for “oh yeah that's ⅝, that makes sense.”

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cassidyjames commented Oct 3, 2019 •
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Upon further playing with the Android calculator, it looks like it does any fraction by just showing the proper fraction in lowest terms.

contrived example

Another contrived example

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