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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish69•edit-21 year agoThe fact that 98.7 percent of over 100k people could agree on anything is amazing to me.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish33•1 year agoLook, when someone asks “How many teaspoons in a quart?” we all want to jump off a fucking bridge.
minus-square@harmsylinkEnglish10•1 year ago3 teaspoons in a tablespoon. 16 tablespoons in a cup 4 cups in a quart. 3x16x4=192 teaspoons in a quart.
minus-squarexorlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoAh right, quick adjustments needed then, one UK cup is 25/24ths of a US cup, and a UK teaspoon is 0.986 US ones Simple 👍
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoExcept if it’s Maple syrup, in this case the cup is probably a Canadian cup. One Canadian cup is 0.96076 US cup. Imperial is great !
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoMuch more exciting than just moving the decimal point when doing conversions, isn’t it. You never know if you’ve made a mistake somewhere along the way by multiplying with 14 instead of 12. So much fun.
minus-squareObinicelinkEnglish21•1 year agoWhat the hell is “percent”? Convert that to Imperial Horsehooves or get out
The fact that 98.7 percent of over 100k people could agree on anything is amazing to me.
Look, when someone asks “How many teaspoons in a quart?” we all want to jump off a fucking bridge.
3 teaspoons in a tablespoon.
16 tablespoons in a cup
4 cups in a quart.
3x16x4=192 teaspoons in a quart.
Is that a metric or imperial cup and teaspoon?
It’s Murrikan cup and teaspoon.
Ah right, quick adjustments needed then, one UK cup is 25/24ths of a US cup, and a UK teaspoon is 0.986 US ones
Simple 👍
Except if it’s Maple syrup, in this case the cup is probably a Canadian cup. One Canadian cup is 0.96076 US cup.
Imperial is great !
Much more exciting than just moving the decimal point when doing conversions, isn’t it. You never know if you’ve made a mistake somewhere along the way by multiplying with 14 instead of 12. So much fun.
What the hell is “percent”? Convert that to Imperial Horsehooves or get out