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minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years ago*Americans. The rest of the world doesn’t bother with fractions of “pounds” in the first place.
minus-squareFigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoFractions work with metric too you know.
minus-squarenicetriangle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoMetric weights for things like meat is basically always expressed in grams here in the EU. Using fractions is pretty pointless.
minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoBut you don’t need them since the units already neatly divide. You don’t use a quarter kilo, you’d just say 250 gram. Ignoring that where I live the weight of the burger isn’t part of the name in the first place. They are just called “royal”.
*Americans.
The rest of the world doesn’t bother with fractions of “pounds” in the first place.
The 150 grammer
Fractions work with metric too you know.
Metric weights for things like meat is basically always expressed in grams here in the EU. Using fractions is pretty pointless.
But you don’t need them since the units already neatly divide. You don’t use a quarter kilo, you’d just say 250 gram.
Ignoring that where I live the weight of the burger isn’t part of the name in the first place. They are just called “royal”.