temp conversion tip!

[grover]

I don't know about the rest of you but I have never quite figured out how to convert our tempurature into the USA version! And at this point in life I am not going to bother figuring out the little trick to convert the temp to farenheit! So what I am going to do is cut the little temp scale out of my newspaper as it shows both! 80 or 90 degrees farenheit means nothing to me! I need to know celcius!! Thought this may help someone out there who may be like me!
Grover in Winnipeg

 

[sammi]

LOL Grover...that's a great idea for folks that have never made the "change over" smoothly!

I find it so funny that when I am at home I "talk" celcius and when I'm in the US I just naturally "talk" fahrenheit! I realize I'm automatically doing the switch every time I cross the boarder!

What's even funnier is my DS hasn't got a clue what the US temps mean! Makes me feel my age for sure.

 

[MikeJ]

Or ask your child how many feet or yards are in a mile. All I ever get is a blank stare.

- Mike

 

[grover]

I also can't convert miles to kilometers-- only know kilometers-- guess I am giving my age away here!!
Grover in Winnipeg

 

[cottontail]

Hi Folks:

I grew up with farenheight, so I needed to get used to celcius, I still buy my black forest ham by the pound. lol


This is the way I figure something out in farenheight.

Take the celcius temp say 20 cel. double it equals 40 and add 30 equals 70 F.

Lets try another class, lol

10cel. double =20 add 30 =50 F.


So the equation is, you double then add 30. I think this brings it within 1 or 2 degrees of the correct temp.

Deb.

 

[MikeJ]

Wasn't that an Olivia Newton-John song? Sorry...

Deb's approximation is very close. The actual conversion formula is:

F = C *9/5 + 32

so 20C converts to 20*9/5 + 32 = 68F


I have my own method for converting. I know the values for each 10C and interpolate from there. i.e. 10C = 50F, 20C = 68F, 30C = 86F, over 35C is just plain hot.


I've been able to make the deli conversion and buy our Black Forest ham in 50g increments, but then I have a science background where we do everything using metric units anyway.

Now if someone can convert between hectares and acres in their head, that would impress me.

- Mike

 

[sammi]

Yikes Mike!! LOL Now you're really getting technical! LOL

 

[SandraC]

I usually do it this way:

20ºC x 1.8 = 36

+ 32 = 68ºF