[RESOLVED] Inches to hundredths of an inch

[JuggaloBrotha]

How would I convert 3 5/8" (3.625") to hundredths of an inch?
Would it be 3625 or 0.03625?

[techgnome]

Since the original number s 3.625 ... the resulting conversion would be 362.5/100 making 362.5 your answer.

-tg

[jemidiah]

More generally, if you know conversion factors, it's easy to convert units in general: multiply by "1" repeatedly.

Here, you know 1" = 100 hundredths of an inch, so 1 = 1" / 100 hundredths of an inch, so
3.625" = 3.625" * 1 = 3.625" * 100 hundredths of an inch / 1" = 3.625*100 hundredths = 362.5 hundredths of an inch [the "s in the top and bottom cancel just like normal fractions].

[JuggaloBrotha]

Ok, so now I think I have this chart all filled out, I ended up using google to convert from milimeters to inches.

Inches		Millimeters	100th of an inch	
Height	Width	Height	Width	Height	Width
3 5/8	6 1/2			362	650
3 7/8	8 7/8			387	887
4 1/8	9 1/2			412	950
4 1/2	10 3/8			450	1037
4 3/4	11    			475	1100
5    	11 1/2			500	1150
		250	350	984	1377
		176	250	692	984
		125	176	492	692
		324	458	1275	1803
		229	324	901	1275
		162	229	637	901
		114	162	448	637
		114	229	448	901
		110	220	433	866
		220	310	866	1220
		155	220	610	866
		110	155	433	610
		110	220	433	866
		110	230	433	905
		155	223	610	877
		112	223	440	877
3 7/8	7 1/2			387	750
8 1/2	14			850	1400
8 1/2	11			850	1100

The 100th of an inch column has to be a whole number (no decimals) so I truncated the answer at the decimal place after moving it 2 spots to the right.