Yes. Computers, calculators, etc only use decimal. In the "real world", you almost never have the nice clean coefficients where fractions really work.
--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Stephen Davis <stevo.da...@btinternet.com> wrote: > From: Stephen Davis <stevo.da...@btinternet.com> > Subject: [USMA:45608] Maths (or should that be "math?") > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 3:50 PM > > > > > > > > A little while ago, James > Frysinger stated that > metric helped in the teaching of maths. > > Does he, or anyone else on > the USMA board, think > metric, with its decimal graduations, is appropriate for > use with algebra? > Particularly linear equations? > > I imagine life would > become rather difficullt if > you tried to solve linear equations with > decimals rather than with > fractions? > > > >
