But that 5/32 screw has its precision built into the measurement. Sig figs and error ranges aren’t required for fractional, because both are built into the denominator.
If your 5/32 measurement is super precise you can record it as 160/1024ths, because the denominator has “+/- 1/2048” built into the measurement.
As I said in another (larger) comment, you just don’t know how precision is encoded in decimals, which doesn’t mean that it isn’t. In fact, precision is encoded in decimals, just like with fractions.
I have a set of precision digital calipers that shows decimal or fractional units. Verus a worse set of calipers that’snot 10x worse, it shows exactly the same measurements in decimal units, but with fractional units it will show a difference because that difference can be represented.
But that 5/32 screw has its precision built into the measurement. Sig figs and error ranges aren’t required for fractional, because both are built into the denominator.
If your 5/32 measurement is super precise you can record it as 160/1024ths, because the denominator has “+/- 1/2048” built into the measurement.
As I said in another (larger) comment, you just don’t know how precision is encoded in decimals, which doesn’t mean that it isn’t. In fact, precision is encoded in decimals, just like with fractions.
0,7 is 0,7 ± 0,05 0,7000 is 0,7 ± 0,00005
I have a set of precision digital calipers that shows decimal or fractional units. Verus a worse set of calipers that’snot 10x worse, it shows exactly the same measurements in decimal units, but with fractional units it will show a difference because that difference can be represented.
Is there anyone in this world needs a caliper of precision between 1cm and 1mm that can’t afford a 1mm of precision caliper?