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Interesting. I did not know this. It doesn't look like it would be as quick as my converter app, but it would certainly be more fun to play with.It's been slow going to have to multiply and divide to figure out how many km there are in a distance in miles and vice versa. When I was using Google to convert I ran into a quicker way by using fibonacci numbers. These are the sequence of numbers that you get by ading two adjacent numbers. Starting with 0, add 1. This gives you 0,1,1. Add 1 and 1, you get 2, for the sequence 0,1,1,2. Repeating this your sequence is then 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55 etc.
If you want to convert 5 miles into km, look at the number to the right to see that it's 8 km. Or you could see that 34 km is 21 miles. This system is approximate, but it's a quick way to figure out distances.
For most of the world, kms aren't a problem. Maybe if one of the U.S. presidential hopefuls wins, might change.
Here's the link and further explanation of how to figure numbers not on this sequence:
http://www.catonmat.net/blog/using-fibonacci-numbers-to-convert-from-miles-to-kilometers/
That's what I do with liters and gallons as I drive in and out of the U.S. and Canada. My little card helps me keep up with mpg.For those who find conversion tricky, here's an idea I use for currency conversion.
When shopping overseas I usually carry a simple conversion table.
I make it on a spreadsheet and print it the size of a credit card. Then once printed I laminate it.
So you end up with a 'credit card' sized conversion table. You can fit about 50 figures on each side.
So for example you could do miles to km on one side and km to miles on the other.
Just a thought....
Only YOU would know that @falcon269.Fibonacci Day is November 23 (for a reason).
Would you mind explaining the reason.....has gone completely over my head....I can keep .6 in my head and multiply or divide by it. Calculating a Fibonacci number in my head is no longer within my capabilities (ex-math major). My iPhone calculator can give me decimals if I need them, and there are applications for both kilometer and Euro conversion.
Fibonacci Day is November 23 (for a reason).
You learn something new every day....have looked up reason.....pretty obvious really...!!!Only YOU would know that @falcon269.
Although I speak both English and American, there are a lot of people around the world where this would not be so obvious. They will wonder why 23/11/15 should be celebrated.You learn something new every day....have looked up reason.....pretty obvious really...!!!
It's been slow going to have to multiply and divide to figure out how many km there are in a distance in miles and vice versa. When I was using Google to convert I ran into a quicker way by using fibonacci numbers. These are the sequence of numbers that you get by ading two adjacent numbers. Starting with 0, add 1. This gives you 0,1,1. Add 1 and 1, you get 2, for the sequence 0,1,1,2. Repeating this your sequence is then 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55 etc.
If you want to convert 5 miles into km, look at the number to the right to see that it's 8 km. Or you could see that 34 km is 21 miles. This system is approximate, but it's a quick way to figure out distances.
For most of the world, kms aren't a problem. Maybe if one of the U.S. presidential hopefuls wins, might change.
Here's the link and further explanation of how to figure numbers not on this sequence:
http://www.catonmat.net/blog/using-fibonacci-numbers-to-convert-from-miles-to-kilometers/
With my newly acquired knowledge.....1,1,2,3, the year is not significant.Although I speak both English and American, there are a lot of people around the world where this would not be so obvious. They will wonder why 23/11/15 should be celebrated.
Single currency is not working out too well in Euro zone.....I believe....An interesting but not so simple conversion process. Thank you for sharing.
That said, I am not sure why conversion matters while walking in Europe. The phrase "When in Rome" comes to mind. A rough, simple calculation would be to multiply the Km's times .6 if you need to know how many miles.
In regards to the U.S. converting to the metric system, we have been down this road before. Unlikely to happen in our lifetime. I personally would find it much more helpful to have a common world currency or language. No matter the language or currency.
Ultreya,
Joe
It will be in 5813...the year is not significant.
Single currency is not working out too well in Euro zone.....I believe....
Guess there will always be an up and a down side.Far better than switching from Lira to Drachma to Franc's etc. etc. etc. like it used to be pre Euro.
Now you are showing off....It will be in 5813...
My point was that most of the world will not recognise that date as part of the Fibonacci sequence since the vast majority write the 23rd of November as 23/11.With my newly acquired knowledge.....1,1,2,3, the year is not significant.
I grew up learning miles and kilometers. I learned that if you hold out your arms the distance between your hands is that much regardless of whether its measured in meters, feet, or cubits.
Lots of things go over my head.....My point was that most of the world will not recognise that date as part of the Fibonacci sequence since the vast majority write the 23rd of November as 23/11.
Sorry...lots of things go over my head..........My point was that most of the world will not recognise that date as part of the Fibonacci sequence since the vast majority write the 23rd of November as 23/11.
It is not an internationally recognized day!!My point was that most of the world will not recognize that date as part of the Fibonacci sequence
A thousand paces per km is another interesting factoid. Either I have even a shorter pace or I'm dawdling. According to my Fitbit (and its results are admittedly questionable) I average 1492 steps per km.A pound is a pound the world around just like a meter is a meter... and it is equal to a normal human's pace, one pace times a 1000 paces equals one kilometer. Unless you have a shorter pace like me and therefore about 1300 paces makes a kilometer for me .
Though the marks are fading, pilgrims can check their pace length (in kilometers) on the Yellow Brick Road out of Villafranca del Bierzo. Remember to multiply by .6214 to convert to miles...I average 1492 steps per km.
First Apple picking day in US or elsewhere....are we in danger of going of thread here.....unless we can incorporate Apple's into conversion of miles to kilometres.....It is not an internationally recognized day!!You may have missed the insouciant air of U.S. chauvinism in picking the date...
Pi Day is on Albert Einstein's birthday (or the first day of apple harvest).
And the second part of you index finger is one inch!Cubit and old form of measurement from a person's elbow to the tip of their middle finger. A distance of 18 to 21 inches or roughly 46 to 53 cm's, if I recall.
Puns often do.we in danger of going of thread here
Pi day is next Tuesday at the pub.....hmmmm lovely...It is not an internationally recognized day!!You may have missed the insouciant air of U.S. chauvinism in picking the date...
Pi Day is on Albert Einstein's birthday (or the first day of apple harvest).
Now you are both showing off.....And the second part of you index finger is one inch!
Though the marks are fading, pilgrims can check their pace length (in kilometers) on the Yellow Brick Road out of Villafranca del Bierzo. Remember to multiply by .6214 to convert to miles...
A thousand paces per km is another interesting factoid. Either I have even a shorter pace or I'm dawdling. According to my Fitbit (and its results are admittedly questionable) I average 1492 steps per km.
All my padlock numbers are fibonacci numbers. Don't tell anyone.Only YOU would know that @falcon269.
One learns something new every day. I too goggled this and discovered that November 23 is known as Fibonacci because the first numbers of the Fibonacci Series are 1, 1, 2, 3, and the Fibonacci sequence adds the previous 2 numbers to get the third. Although I take @MichaelSG 's point about the American Vs the English way of writing the date!.Would you mind explaining the reason.....has gone completely over my head....
Now I know what I am doing wrong. I keep trying to fit 60 minutes into an hourwhich I can usually cover in about 20 minutes per hour or less on a good day.
0 1 1?All my padlock numbers are fibonacci numbers. Don't tell anyone.
Love it, a gotcha minuteNow I know what I am doing wrong. I keep trying to fit 60 minutes into an hour
Lira were great. I remember going to an ATM in Italy before they went Euro. Withdrew a million Lira. I think it was about $600.00. I'd never been a millionaire before. The smallest coin or bill was 10, or 100 or something; when a price was not even you just rounded it off.Far better than switching from Lira to Drachma to Franc's etc. etc. etc. like it used to be pre Euro.
I'm going thru that in Norway right now. The smallest is 50 so I'm rounding. I do not want a pocket of coins.Lira were great. I remember going to an ATM in Italy before they went Euro. Withdrew a million Lira. I think it was about $600.00. I'd never been a millionaire before. The smallest coin or bill was 10, or 100 or something; when a price was not even you just rounded it off.
The Irish have nothing on the Scandinavians. I was surprised when walking St Olavs Way at one young Norseman who told me he was walking 3.5 miles a day. Later I found out I should have been more impressed!Marcristina, I thought you were kidding about the Irish mile, then I looked it up. The Irish mile 1440 feet longer!
Which makes 3.5 miles per day reasonably impressive!Scandinavian mile (mil) = 10 km.
It's been slow going to have to multiply and divide to figure out how many km there are in a distance in miles and vice versa. When I was using Google to convert I ran into a quicker way by using fibonacci numbers. These are the sequence of numbers that you get by ading two adjacent numbers. Starting with 0, add 1. This gives you 0,1,1. Add 1 and 1, you get 2, for the sequence 0,1,1,2. Repeating this your sequence is then 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55 etc.
If you want to convert 5 miles into km, look at the number to the right to see that it's 8 km. Or you could see that 34 km is 21 miles. This system is approximate, but it's a quick way to figure out distances.
For most of the world, kms aren't a problem. Maybe if one of the U.S. presidential hopefuls wins, might change.
Here's the link and further explanation of how to figure numbers not on this sequence:
http://www.catonmat.net/blog/using-fibonacci-numbers-to-convert-from-miles-to-kilometers/
Maybe.0 1 1?
That's what I do with liters and gallons as I drive in and out of the U.S. and Canada. My little card helps me keep up with mpg.
I think some spanish kilometres were measured with very stretchy elastic....some of them seemed to go on for miles and milesThat is all very interesting but what about Irish miles which are longer than English miles?
Another thing.......what of rods poles and perches??
I really wish you had been my maths teacher ... you have explained that so well that even a numpty like me will remember it. Thank youThe Fibonacci km-miles conversion works coincidentally because the Fibonacci series approximates the Golden Ratio (1.618), which approximates the kilometer to miles conversion ratio (1.609). Other ratios also converge on the Golden Ratio, therefore can be used to approximate a conversion of kilometers to miles. Pick the two numbers before the conversion you want, and construct a Fibonacci-like series.
3+4=7 Four miles is approximately 7 kilometers.
4+5=9 Five miles is approximately 9 km.
5+6=11 Six miles is approximately 11 km.
11+12=23 Twelve miles is approximately 23 km.
The Fibonacci spiral is not uniquely magical for the conversion.
I still find multiplying or dividing by .6 is easiest for me to retain in my synapses (when I care at all about converting, which is rarely)!!
I had that sensation in some parts of the way too... Sometimes thinking the next stone mark would be 1km down, and it was only 0.5!I think some spanish kilometres were measured with very stretchy elastic....some of them seemed to go on for miles and miles
How interesting. I know that my pace length is about 82 cm, so I do just a bit less than 2000 steps / mile. It makes me wonder how tall Roman soldiers might have been to sustain an 80 cm pace. I generally have this image that people even a couple of centuries ago were generally much shorter than we are today, and it would have been difficult to have the same stride length we might be accustomed to in our everyday lives.The mile was originally invented by the Romans, to whom it was 'mille passus', a thousand-pace. A pace was a double-step, left and right, of a Roman soldier. So it was meant to be decimal.
I dont want to nit-pick but this method is pretty inaccurate.12 miles is actually 19.3 km's not 23 and worse still 50 miles is 80.46 km's and not,as per formula 99 km's. Or am I getting it completely wrongThe Fibonacci km-miles conversion works coincidentally because the Fibonacci series approximates the Golden Ratio (1.618), which approximates the kilometer to miles conversion ratio (1.609). Other ratios also converge on the Golden Ratio, therefore can be used to approximate a conversion of kilometers to miles. Pick the two numbers before the conversion you want, and construct a Fibonacci-like series.
3+4=7 Four miles is approximately 7 kilometers.
4+5=9 Five miles is approximately 9 km.
5+6=11 Six miles is approximately 11 km.
11+12=23 Twelve miles is approximately 23 km.
The Fibonacci spiral is not uniquely magical for the conversion.
I still find multiplying or dividing by .6 is easiest for me to retain in my synapses (when I care at all about converting, which is rarely)!!
@joeboybollo, if as a walker you are really worried about the accuracy of the larger numbers, I will take my hat off to you.I dont want to nit-pick but this method is pretty inaccurate.12 miles is actually 19.3 km's not 23 and worse still 50 miles is 80.46 km's and not,as per formula 99 km's. Or am I getting it completely wrong
Joe
Just add 32........ so if 1 km = 5/8 of a mile, what's that in Fahrenheit .... I seem to be a bit confused .......
I know we can all HOPE - we in Oz hope our current prime minister might learn about climate change - but as for the US and adopting the metric system, well with a 300 million domestic market they (consider) that they really have no need to change. Still we can all hope. cheers.well, I normally use these references: 5 miles = 8 km ; 10 km = 6 miles.
it works reasonably well, I hope the USA finally adopt the decimal measurement system...
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