2007-10-10 15:31:58 · 8 answers · asked by royce d 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
If the numerator is the same (the number on top) but the denominator (the number on the bottom) is different, the one with the LARGER denominator is the SMALLER of the two. So 1/32 is smaller than 1/25.
To check, reduce to decimals. 1/32 = .03125, 1/25 = .04
2007-10-10 15:36:53 · answer #1 · answered by Howard H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1/32 is smaller than 1/25
2007-10-11 12:53:12 · answer #2 · answered by sun_shinevt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/32 is smaller.
I suspect you meant 25% or 1/4, not 1/25th, but it isn't clear.
You can't get 1/25th in genealogy. All the genealogy fractions are powers of two because everyone has two parents, so you are
1/2 of what each of your parents were
1/4 of what each of your grandparents were
1/8 of your great grandparents
etc.
You have 16 great great grandparents. They each contribute 1/16th to you.
If 4 of them were Chinese, 5 Cherokee, 2 Hugeunot, 1 English, 1 Scots, 1 Irish and 2 unknown, some would add together.
You would be
4/16 = 1/4th Chinese
5/16th Cherokee
2/16 = 1/8 Hugeunot
1/16 each English, Scot & Irish
2/16 = 1/8 Unknown
You can check any fraction. Click on
Programs -> Acesssories -> Calculator
Enter 1, "/", 25 or 32 or 64 and press "="
Or 5, "/", 16, "=" for those Cherokees.
2007-10-10 23:36:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are doing genealogy, how do you arrive at 1/25? or 1/32? I think I do not want to know.
Anyway, your question is simple arithmetic: in fractions, the smaller the denominator, the larger the fraction. 1/25 is 4%; 1/32 is slightly more than 3%.
2007-10-10 23:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1.00 divided by 25=0.04%
1.00 divided by 32=0.03%
By the way, you don't figure bloodlines by 5ths (the 1/25 you mentioned). It goes 1 (or full-blood), 1/2, 1/4/, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, etc. With just these few figures, the full-blood people would be your 3rd great-grandparents, and you would be the 1/32. If it's for Native American lines, there's an old joke that goes "I'm 1/32 Native American. If I have a nosebleed, I'm out of the tribe."
2007-10-11 00:00:51 · answer #5 · answered by jan51601 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the above poster... 1/25th works for pies (with a darn sharp knife and steady hand). I don't know how you arrive at that in ancestry, however. You are 1/2 of each parent; 1/4 of the grandparent, 1/8th gr grandparent; 1/16th of each gr gr grandparent, and yes.. 1/32 would work for a 3gr grandparent.
If you are trying to choose the dominent ethnic percentage, seems to be that you need accurate data on all of those 32 gr gr gr grandparents. Seems that (if you do have the data), then you can compare but only by using 32 as the common denominator for all of them.
So... you may have 4 of them who were French, 5 from Germany, 1 from Brazil, 7 from Ireland, 3 from Poland, 2 from Spain, 1 Native American; and 9 from England. The main lineage would be the 9/32nd English. You can 'reduce' the 4/32nd to 1/8th, but that will blow your focus out of the water. Unless you want to spend 5 hrs with a calculator, stick to the 32nds. Now if the guy from Brazil has 1 parent from Portugal and the other from Africa, THEN you have to go to 1/64th. Now we know why God invented genealogy programs to keep track of all those people, and 14th cousins 5 times removed.
Sometimes we need to back away carefully from the ancestors and have a nice glass of wine.
2007-10-10 23:55:01 · answer #6 · answered by wendy c 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1/32nd is smaller than 1/25, since 32 is the larger denominator.
2007-10-10 22:37:57 · answer #7 · answered by mina74 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you cut a pie in 32 pieces the wedges will be smaller than if you cut it in 25 pieces.
Good luck in your research !
2007-10-10 22:47:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋