X-Message-Number: 17068 Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 07:12:49 -0700 From: Lee Corbin <> Subject: Re: temperature conversions I know a way to make the Fahrenheit / Celsius conversions that is kind of cute. 1. always add 40 2. multiply by 9/5 or 5/9 (an educated person will always figure out which) 3. subtract 40 So all I have to really remember is one thing: "always add 40". (the other two things are very natural once you have remembered that hard first step). Apologies if someone has mentioned this---I wasn't paying attention to all of this thread. Lee Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17068