If you live in a metric country you’ll quickly find that nothing is sold in 1 meter length, but in steps of 300mm (wood for example).
300mm divided by 2 is 150mm.
300mm divided by 3 is 100mm.
300mm divided by 4 is 75 mm.
300mm divided by 5 is 60mm.
300mm divided by 6 is 50mm.
Even when you buy something advertised as “1-foot” you’ll find it measures 300mm, because we don’t buy a foot of wood here, and when you divide it by 3 you get exactly 100mm; which easily converts with any other metric measurement.
Additionally, Imperial measurements are no more, or no less, exact than metric measures. Because Imperial measures are defined using metric measures in the first place.
Edit: Also this argument would carry more weight if Imperial measures were base 12 across the board, and it isn’t.
As a carpenter and lover of math, and since we’re using mm and wood, cutting a 300mm length of wood equally in 3, results in 3 pieces of wood that are 100mm less the thickness of the blade.
If you live in a metric country you’ll quickly find that nothing is sold in 1 meter length, but in steps of 300mm (wood for example).
Even when you buy something advertised as “1-foot” you’ll find it measures 300mm, because we don’t buy a foot of wood here, and when you divide it by 3 you get exactly 100mm; which easily converts with any other metric measurement.
Additionally, Imperial measurements are no more, or no less, exact than metric measures. Because Imperial measures are defined using metric measures in the first place.
Edit: Also this argument would carry more weight if Imperial measures were base 12 across the board, and it isn’t.
As a carpenter and lover of math, and since we’re using mm and wood, cutting a 300mm length of wood equally in 3, results in 3 pieces of wood that are 100mm less the thickness of the blade.