That doesn’t make any sense to me but the calculator says it’s correct… Goddamit I’m going to be thinking about this all day now…
Maybe you’re interpreting it wrong. With addition and subtraction we can imagine objects increasing and decreasing in quantity.
However we cannot multiply or divide an object to make more or less of that object. Instead it’s more like creating territories on an object for microbials to fight over.
Divide with a decimal to multiply. This is equivalent to multiplying 0.25 by 2.
a quarter is half of a half.
If this doesn’t make sense to you, you’re in desperate need to repeat elementary school
It’s confusing because it’s
dividing by "one over two (a half)"instead ofdividing by "two over one".Dividing by 2is the same acutting something in half.Dividing by a halfis the same as the inverse ofcutting something in half, which isdoubling it0.25 / 0.50 = (0.25 * 4) / (0.50 * 4) = 1 / 2 = 0.50
This is just 1*2=2 with extra steps
Nobody tell Terrance Howard.
Terryology has got to be one of the most nonsensical and unhinged pointless maths theories I’ve ever read.
4/2=2, upside down.
(1/4) / (1/2) = (1/4) * 2 = 2/4 = 1/2
If that keeps you up you don’t deserve sleep
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Phwoar you must be really clever
4/2 = 2
What’s your point?
X ÷ (number bigger than 1) < X, obviously
X ÷ 1 = X, obviously
X ÷ (number smaller than 1) > X, somehow confusing?
How many halves go into a quarter? Half of one.
💚 Half of a quarter is…half.
♥️ …is half of what?
💚 is half of a quarter!
Dividing something by 0.5 isn’t halving it, it’s doubling it.
Well I’m with OP, this entire matter is troubling my mind.
n^2 /n=n
Who would’ve thought?
0.25/0.5
(1/4)/(1/2)
(1/4)*(2/1)
2/4
1/2
There ya go.
n/2n = 1/2 OMG
It doesnt though? Unless n=2.
Your equation simplifies to 1/2 = 1/n
corrected, meant 1/2 instead of 1/n
Imagine a pizza. The pizza is 1. You cut the pizza into three slices: two slices are 1/4 (0.25) of the size of the pizza, the other slice is 2/4 (0.5) of the size of the pizza. We’ll ignore one of the 1/4 slices for this question, as we don’t need it.
Compare the 0.25 slice and the 0.5 slice, this problem is essentially asking “how many times can I fit the 0.5 slice into the 0.25 slice?”, the answer to this is obviously… 0, if you’re thinking in integers. Okay, but how much of the 0.5 slice could you fit in…? Half (0.5) of it. So 0.5 fits 0.5 times into 0.25.
Half of the slice that’s twice as big as the 0.25 slice fits into the 0.25 slice.
Edit: Gone back and read other comments and… Holy shit y’all, have some compassion for people who struggle with maths? Nobody is helped or motivated by snarky comments. A concept that is easy to grasp for you might be difficult to understand for someone else for a variety of reasons. Somewhat relevant xkcd.
Are you going to eat that last slice?
As an Asian, I can’t understand why this keeps you up at night. Didn’t you learn this in like 2nd grade?
They didn’t teach why. American mathematics have been a rote learning exercise in classrooms for generations past.
#iam12andthisisdeep
x^2 / x = x ?? How alarming
