In article ,
Nate Nagel wrote:

That said, the metric system is not always easier. When measuring
distance, for instance, it's a lot easier to use inches than mm. reason
being fractions of an inch are expressed just that way, as fractions,
while fractions of a mm are expressed decimally.

Hard to argue with that much illogic! Working with decimals is ten times
(!) as easy as working with fractions, which is exactly the OP's point.