Advertise on CBF

Author Topic: Scales  (Read 846 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

uknsaunders

  • Forum Legend
  • ******
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 8656
  • Trade Count: (+4)
    • Farmers CC
Scales
« on: January 07, 2012, 01:14:42 AM »

I brought a new set of scales and after a bit of weight testing I was cursing the sodding thing. Bats I knew were more than 2'10 were coming in at 2'7. Yet when I stuck a 100g bar of chocolate it was pretty much bang on. I was scratching my head and then I noticed something - the lbs was to 3 decimal places. Anyway I googled 1169 grams and funny enough it came out to 2'9.2, pretty much bang on. That'll teach me to buy a cheap set of scales lol
Logged
email and googletalk: uknsaunders@gmail.com
club website: http://www.farmerscricketjersey.net/

Edged4...6

  • Village Cricketer
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 9
  • Trade Count: (0)
Re: Scales
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2012, 05:36:15 PM »

thats odd, on my metric converter on my iphone 1169 grams is 2.577 pounds..
Logged

Tom

  • Forum Legend
  • ******
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5607
  • Trade Count: (+33)
    • www.cricketinsight.co.uk
Re: Scales
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2012, 05:45:53 PM »

thats odd, on my metric converter on my iphone 1169 grams is 2.577 pounds..
Not really odd. You're getting mixed up with decimals, the old imperial system isn't like metric.

16 divided by 10 is 1.6.

1.6 times 5.77 = 9.2
_________________________________

Or more simply

1169 grams is 41.2 ounces.

16 ounces in a pound.

2lb 9.2ozs.
« Last Edit: January 07, 2012, 05:49:17 PM by Tom »
Logged
 

Advertise on CBF