MORE USEFUL CONVERSIONS
To convert decimal fractions of an inch to fractions of an inch.
Take the decimal fraction of feet and divide by 0.08333 (1/12th) and this will give you inches and decimals of an inch.
For example - 6.37 feet. Take the 0.37 feet and divide by 0.0833 = 4.44 inches .
So for 6.37 ft. we can also say 6 ft. - 4.44 in.
Now take the 0.44 in. and round it down to 0.4 which is 4/10"
We can now say 6.37' approximatly equals 6' - 4 4/10"
For fractions of an inch other than tenth's, take the decimal remainder of inches and divide by:
0.125 for the number of eighth's
0.0625 for the number of sixteenth's
0.03125 for the number of thirty-second's
0.015625 for the number of sixty-fourth's, and so on.
For example - 4.382 inches. For eighth's, divide the remainder, 0.382 by 0.125 and the answer is 3.056 so the fraction is a bit over 3 eighth's, therefore the answer ends up as approx. 4 3/8"