GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1445arrow-down120
arrow-up1425arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t get why, it’s not like they aren’t learning fractions these days right?
minus-squareSparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoBecause it’s easier to use 5:15 or 5:30 when you get a digital readout. No one’s counting every individual tick on an analog clock, so fractions make more sense in that case.
I don’t get why, it’s not like they aren’t learning fractions these days right?
Because it’s easier to use 5:15 or 5:30 when you get a digital readout. No one’s counting every individual tick on an analog clock, so fractions make more sense in that case.