Common Fractions and Decimal Equivalents

How many times have you tried to prepare a recipe only to realize that it needs to be converted because its in grams, you only know the US system and then some ingredients were listed as a fraction. If you're math-challenged, don't worry, goodcooking.com is here to help with a basic understanding!

Fractions are not used much in cooking but they do appear, more than likely you will often see decimals. To be a good consitant cook measuring is important, even if the measurementd are decimals or fractions.

Fraction	=	Decimal
1/16		0.0625
1/8		0.125
1/6		0.1667
3/16		0.1875
1/4		0.25
5/16		0.3125
1/3		0.3333
3/8		0.375
7/16		0.4375
1/2		0.5
9/16		0.5625
5/8		0.625
2/3		0.667
11/16		0.6875
3/4		0.75
13/16		0.8125
5/6		0.833
7/8		0.875
15/16		0.9375

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