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Title: What is your favorite fraction?
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 11 December 2013, 22:54:59
Mine is 5/8.

Expressed in decimal form, that's 0.625. As you know, 625 is 25^2, or 5^4.

So, 5^4 / 10^3 = 5/8. :)
Title: Re: What is your favorite fraction?
Post by: Pacifist on Wed, 11 December 2013, 22:55:55
ummmmmm

golden ratio
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 11 December 2013, 22:58:30
1/8
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Post by: dustinhxc on Wed, 11 December 2013, 22:58:50
3/8
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Post by: Michael on Wed, 11 December 2013, 23:09:53
1/8th because it's typically the best bang for your buck.


 ^-^
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Post by: n0rdlad on Thu, 12 December 2013, 05:13:20
Mine is 5/8.

Expressed in decimal form, that's 0.625. As you know, 625 is 25^2, or 5^4.

So, 5^4 / 10^3 = 5/8. :)

Hmmm perhaps these interesting sums are related to the 'prime' factor of the 5...?

..Language of the universe, math.
Title: Re: What is your favorite fraction?
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 12 December 2013, 19:56:27
Hard to beat the 1.618 golden ratio, but I might say 1/3

Dividing things into thirds seems more satisfying than dividing them in half.

1/12 is good because it incorporates 2, 3, and 4

1/60 gets 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
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Post by: sth on Thu, 12 December 2013, 19:57:41
1/8th because it's typically the best bang for your buck.


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my condolences  ^-^
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Post by: C5Allroad on Thu, 12 December 2013, 20:23:32
Ew, math....
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Post by: regack on Thu, 12 December 2013, 20:25:37
22/7 >.>
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Post by: sth on Thu, 12 December 2013, 20:26:04
22/7 >.>

not exactly my slice of pi but to each their own
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Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 12 December 2013, 20:27:22
Hard to beat the 1.61 golden ratio, but I might say 1/3

Dividing things into thirds seems more satisfying than dividing them in half.


ummmmmm

golden ratio

HAHAHAHA The incessant mathematical reminder that most of us are Fugly...



Title: Re: What is your favorite fraction?
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 13 December 2013, 03:35:20
2 / sqrt(2)

(still a fraction)
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Post by: Binge on Fri, 13 December 2013, 15:50:36
1/1 because you can multiply or divide anything by 1/1 and nobody will notice a difference >.>...until it's too late! tis the sneakiest of fractions
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Post by: eth0s on Fri, 13 December 2013, 15:59:28
22/7 >.>

I prefer C/D (circumference/diameter).  It works with any circle, btw.  And it gives this crazy number with so many decimals.  I've been working on it, and I've gotten up to 20 decimal places, with no repeating pattern.  So weird.  Ima keep going till it ends.
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Post by: ferociousfingerings on Fri, 13 December 2013, 17:42:10
i'm gonna go with: */0
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Post by: TacticalCoder on Fri, 13 December 2013, 19:01:37
355/113

EDIT: didn't realize regack beat me to it with 22/7  :)
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Post by: Tym on Fri, 13 December 2013, 19:06:36
3/4 its just seems such a perfect fraction :D Not quite a 100% but so much higher than 50%

Its also like 50% of 50% added to 50%...

¿que?
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Post by: MOZ on Sat, 14 December 2013, 07:59:49
0/0
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Post by: Malphas on Sat, 14 December 2013, 08:02:34
1/12
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Post by: rowdy on Sat, 14 December 2013, 16:35:39
I've been thinking about this for a while, and come to the realisation that I do not have a favourite fraction.

I'll just stick to integers, thank you.

And the set of natural numbers, in an ideal world.
Title: Re: What is your favorite fraction?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Sun, 15 December 2013, 10:08:47
I've been thinking about this for a while, and come to the realisation that I do not have a favourite fraction.

I'll just stick to integers, thank you.

And the set of natural numbers, in an ideal world.

Yeah I wasn't really thinking when I posted.... I hate fractions!
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Post by: dorkvader on Sun, 15 December 2013, 23:09:15
I've been thinking about this for a while, and come to the realisation that I do not have a favourite fraction.

I'll just stick to integers, thank you.

And the set of natural numbers, in an ideal world.
Yeah, it's hard for me to pick a good fraction. Most of my favourite numbers are either irrational, imaginary, or prime.

That said, here's probably my favourite fraction if it counts.
(http://i.imm.io/1mo7H.png) which converges to e
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Post by: tuxsavvy on Sun, 15 December 2013, 23:30:07
I've been thinking about this for a while, and come to the realisation that I do not have a favourite fraction.

I'll just stick to integers, thank you.

And the set of natural numbers, in an ideal world.

Yeah I wasn't really thinking when I posted.... I hate fractions!
Poor old "π" gets rounded to the nearest whole number which in banking terms it'll be 3 instead of 4.
Title: Re: What is your favorite fraction?
Post by: pichu23 on Sun, 15 December 2013, 23:52:19
1/1 :D
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Post by: Oobly on Mon, 16 December 2013, 05:11:03
I don't care for fractions. Decimal system all the way, thank you. It makes comparing numbers to each other so much easier and more logical.

Actually, they are useful for ratios of scale (maps), relative volumes / weights (chemical processes, etc) and pi is best described as circumference over diameter (the decimal version takes up too much space  ;) ), but I always convert to decimal for actually working with stuff.
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Post by: noisyturtle on Mon, 16 December 2013, 05:21:44
i can't even this thread
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Post by: foxer on Mon, 16 December 2013, 18:34:27
I used to love fractions in school.

1/8!
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Post by: kolonelkadat on Mon, 16 December 2013, 20:52:29
544/64 because it's between 512/64 and 576/64.
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Post by: Ghetto Caps on Mon, 16 December 2013, 22:20:53
6/9 If you know what i mean
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Post by: jdcarpe on Mon, 16 December 2013, 22:39:32
6/9 If you know what i mean

Actually, I'm not sure what 6/9 was like. Now 7/9, she was a hottie.

Resistance, while fun, was ultimately futile.
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Post by: Dubsgalore on Mon, 16 December 2013, 22:52:57
Math? Bah Humbug
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 17 December 2013, 02:59:50
Math? Bah Humbug

Dubs gets it!
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Post by: terran5992 on Tue, 17 December 2013, 03:05:00
1/2

I cant explain myself
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Post by: paicrai on Tue, 17 December 2013, 13:39:16
money/games
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Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 17 December 2013, 13:45:09
I treat all fractions as they should be treated: as a part of a whole.

#logic
Title: Re: What is your favorite fraction?
Post by: quickcrx702 on Fri, 27 December 2013, 00:39:09
1/8th because it's typically the best bang for your buck.


 ^-^

my condolences  ^-^

I don't think he's talking about tree :).  I like 1/8 as well, because 1/4 is too much for one evening unless you have a decent sized group.
Title: Re: What is your favorite fraction?
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Wed, 08 January 2014, 13:46:24
ln(2)/λ
Title: Re: What is your favorite fraction?
Post by: ibell7945 on Sun, 19 January 2014, 15:45:02
Definitely 2π/5, as 2π/5 radians is equal to one of the five angles in a pentagon.
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Post by: audioave10 on Sun, 19 January 2014, 22:58:05
one/half of a pie...
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Post by: vun on Mon, 20 January 2014, 04:00:24
-1/12