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title: "Mathematical Magic: Decimal to Fractions"
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published_at: "2026-03-14T13:39:57+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-14T13:39:58+00:00"
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excerpt: "A short BASIC program that converts any decimal value less than 1.0 to the nearest 1/64th fraction, useful for woodworking and metalworking dimension scaling. User inputs a decimal (e.g., 0.197) and the program outputs the fraction (e.g., 13/64) and the rounding difference in ten-thousandths. The denominator can be changed by modifying line 40."
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A short BASIC program that converts any decimal value less than 1.0 to the nearest 1/64th fraction, useful for woodworking and metalworking dimension scaling. User inputs a decimal (e.g., 0.197) and the program outputs the fraction (e.g., 13/64) and the rounding difference in ten-thousandths. The denominator can be changed by modifying line 40.