So, ever ask someone for the time and they responded with a "half past three" or "quarter past two" or "quarter til 9" etc. and so forth? I want to know what happened to the other fractions, so I propose this, that we make a movement (let's push this together) for using some of the unused fractions. I'm going to need your help with this and seeing as how I've got a new blog maybe I'm not exactly in a position to do this, but what do I care? I'm out there, you're obviously strange or else you wouldn't be reading this. Here's what we're gonna do, and mind you, we've got to make a conscientious effort to do this because we're going to start an entire movement across the nation, the next time someone asks you for the time and you can, use thirds, eighths, hell, use tenths or God bless you, twentieths or something even more difficult to decipher.
For the record the math breaks down like this:
1/3= 20 minutes
2/3= 40 minutes
1/5= 12 minutes
2/5= 24 minutes
3/5= 36 minutes
4/5= 48 minutes
1/6= 10 minutes
2/6 or 1/3= 20 minutes
3/6 or 1/2= 30 minutes
4/6 or 2/3= 40 minutes
5/6= 50 minutes
Obviously I could go on, but I'll just mention some other notable fractions.
1/8= 7.5 minutes
1/10= 6 minutes
1/12= 5 minutes
1/15= 4 minutes
1/20= 3 minutes
1/30= 2 minutes
1/60= 1 minute
Okay, so now I ask you to go forth and fractionalize your time telling. I wish there was a watch that told time in fractions, quick someone make me one and split the profits! Good luck and if you have your own blog post this there and let me know, we'll get this all over the internet.
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Would it kill you if I told you to go ##### yourself? Seriously, it took me long enough to figure out the little hand is the big divisions of time and the big hand is the little ones, and the at times even longer one is even tinier divisions of time. And now you want me doing algebra in my head for something like the time?
That's why I have a digital wristwatch.
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