Dumb Question..How Much is a 1/4 Ounce Digitally?

[cuervorocks]

Greetings...

No, I'm not stoned but stumped....

Could be early stages of senior moment-itis for all I know...

or I skipped this class one too many times in school...

what does a quarter ounce read on a digital scale? What increment?

I just know 0.2 is NOT a quarter ounce no matter how it's sliced and diced.

Clue me in pls

Thx

Cuervo's Dad

cuervorocks Reviewed by cuervorocks on 09-22-2009. Dumb Question..How Much is a 1/4 Ounce Digitally? Greetings... No, I'm not stoned but stumped.... Could be early stages of senior moment-itis for all I know... or I skipped this class one too many times in school... what does a quarter ounce read on a digital scale? What increment? Rating: 5

[Italiano715]

7 grams

[ForgetClassC]

or if your scale is reading in OZ, .25

[cuervorocks]

Thx for your responses..I think.

Italiano715 > no idea what you meant by 7 grams.

ForgetClassC > that sounds more like it and what I was thinking but I wasn't sure. Thx

I have this digital scale I just picked up and was testing it out with some coffee grounds and I can change the weight from lbs to oz on the scale. It doesn't have the capability to do .25, it's shows either 0.2 or 0.3 and so forth on up.
I think I got short changed then cause it's showing 0.2 with the grounds I have on there. So I'm guessing then by your numbers that I'm one-tenth of an oz short going by this scale.

Bummer

Thx for your replies guys

[Italiano715]

Thx for your responses..I think.

Italiano715 > no idea what you meant by 7 grams.

ForgetClassC > that sounds more like it and what I was thinking but I wasn't sure. Thx

I have this digital scale I just picked up and was testing it out with some coffee grounds and I can change the weight from lbs to oz on the scale. It doesn't have the capability to do .25, it's shows either 0.2 or 0.3 and so forth on up.
I think I got short changed then cause it's showing 0.2 with the grounds I have on there. So I'm guessing then by your numbers that I'm one-tenth of an oz short going by this scale.

Bummer

Thx for your replies guys

there are 28 grams in a ounce. So 1/4 of 28 is 7 grams my friend.

[DreadedHermie]

I think I got short changed then cause it's showing 0.2

Sounds like "grounds for a refund." :lol5::S2:


Sorry. (Ahem).

Cuervo, if your scale is reading .2 oz and it's "hiding" (truncating) another digit, you could get up to .29 oz. on it and it'll still only show ".2."

If you double your quantity, 2 x .25 = .50, so you could get a .5 reading and check it that way. Of course, if it only weighs .49oz, your readout's only gonna be able to show ".4". Scales don't generally "round up" if that makes any sense--they just display as many digits as they can. So your scale could be dead-nuts-on, it's just not able to show you that last digit. :thumbsup:

Your one-tenth oz. calculation is incorrect, though (not that it's relevant to anything).

.2oz = .20oz, right?

Soooo-.25 (hypothetical "actual" weight)
minus--.20 (displayed weight)
__________
equals .05 difference (five one-hundreths, or half of a tenth)

Whew! Did that make sense?

[Italiano715]

Just go get some digital scales that way out the 1/10 of a gram and then way the qtr. You can get a good pair for like $40

Really, IDK what your doing trying to weigh a qtr with "big boy" scales.

You'll shit yourself or somebody else every time just like mentioned above.

[cuervorocks]

Whew...thanks for the replies. I had to read them real s-l-o-w to follow the math.

Your grams confused me there Italiano715 because I wasn't sure where the grams equation fit into my dilemma. I have this digital kitchen scale that has 2 modes, lb and oz. So the 7 grams answer was a "huh?" for me. Probably why I'm not a chef

DreadedHermie > I think your answer is probably spot on, at least the way I read it and understood it. Grounds for a refund...nice :thumbsup: . So going by your calculations, or my scale, I can gather I was shorted 1/2 of a tenth. What is that, like a granual?

Not having that extra digit > 0.25 and instead it shows 0.2 was where I became dazed and confused and why I sought the expert help here.

I guess I can deal with being a granual short. Rather it was the other way around, but by looking at it upon inspection and prior to weighing my "grounds" I really thought I was shorted alot more than that.

Thx for everyone's replies!

Cheers \_/ or :smokin:

[NextLineIsMine]

a kitchen scale isnt really that great for weighing ounces, get a pocket scale

You dont know grams? Have you ever bought weed? Youre either a big time mooch or a grower

[scrumby]

A nickel is 5 grams, a dollar bill is 1 gram. A coat hanger makes a balance scale real easy.