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[–] JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I already know how many cups to a pint, pints to a quart, and quarts to a gallon there are bad fractions are so simple that we learn them in the 1st grade.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

it's still more stuff to remember than you have to in metric. but yes, of course, now that you've already spent years memorizing this shit and practicing fraction addition/multiplication in your head a lot, it seems easy to you.