Krudler@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square277fedilinkarrow-up1944arrow-down1136file-text
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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months ago5/16 oz out of 5 oz is just over 6%.
minus-squareGenEcon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoThank you! I don’t get why they use such weird measurements. Why not use %?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoProbably because, as evidenced by most others’ attempts to do simple arithmetic in this thread, percentages are even more difficult to calculate.
5/16 oz out of 5 oz is just over 6%.
Thank you! I don’t get why they use such weird measurements. Why not use %?
Probably because, as evidenced by most others’ attempts to do simple arithmetic in this thread, percentages are even more difficult to calculate.