@tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 4 months ago"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?message-square76fedilinkarrow-up169
arrow-up169message-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 • 4 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareAndrzej3K [none/use name]linkfedilink5•4 months 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-square@CmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•edit-24 months agoA rounding error I’d probably say “one point oh three two” for that one though
minus-square@locuester@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months 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