tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 hours ago"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down13
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-square"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 hours agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareAndrzej3K [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours ago“One point three two”, because otherwise the question is ‘thirty two what’. Consider what happens if we put a zero on the end — does it become “one point three hundred and twenty” despite being exactly the same number?
minus-squareCmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 hours agoA rounding error I’d probably say “one point oh three two” for that one though
minus-squarelocuester@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoYeah me too. Just wondering what the other way speakers would say
“One point three two”, because otherwise the question is ‘thirty two what’. Consider what happens if we put a zero on the end — does it become “one point three hundred and twenty” despite being exactly the same number?
Yeah and what is 1.032?
A rounding error
I’d probably say “one point oh three two” for that one though
Yeah me too. Just wondering what the other way speakers would say