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[-] ramble81@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 months ago

To go from km to mi I always leaned “multiply by 6 and move the decimal one to the left”. So 6km is ~3.6mi. Or 10km is just about 6mi.

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Yes. That uses the 3:5 ratio.

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

or add half and then 10% (because it’s 1.6km to the mile): easier than multiplying decimals or large numbers by 6, and the inverse is 0.6mi=1km so easy to remember both ways (same thing but don’t “add” just start from 0)

[-] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago

Honestly divide by 5 and multiply by 8 usually isn't too difficult and just gives you the right answer.

I remember it by 200mph is 320kph.

[-] Scavenger8294@feddit.org 1 points 6 months ago

glad I did not learn conversion in school. Nobody uses miles where i live

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I used to remember because space (Karman line) is 100km or 62mi up. I guess it helps to be a space nerd for that one. Kind of just figure 1.6 going the other way.

[-] 0_0j@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Thank you, will definitely use this now on

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