MakunaHatata@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoThink about itlemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1256arrow-down147
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minus-squareMrJameGumb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down4·4 months agoThat 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…
minus-squareHEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·4 months agoDivide with a decimal to multiply. This is equivalent to multiplying 0.25 by 2.
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-24 months agoIt’s confusing because it’s dividing by "one over two (a half)" instead of dividing by "two over one". Dividing by 2 is the same a cutting something in half. Dividing by a half is the same as the inverse of cutting something in half, which is doubling it
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAh yeah, thats where I was mentally fucking it up. Thanks.
minus-squaremyxi@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 months ago0.25 / 0.50 = (0.25 * 4) / (0.50 * 4) = 1 / 2 = 0.50
minus-squareXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·4 months agoIf this doesn’t make sense to you, you’re in desperate need to repeat elementary school
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…
Divide with a decimal to multiply. This is equivalent to multiplying 0.25 by 2.
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 itAh yeah, thats where I was mentally fucking it up. Thanks.
a quarter is half of a half.
0.25 / 0.50 = (0.25 * 4) / (0.50 * 4) = 1 / 2 = 0.50
If this doesn’t make sense to you, you’re in desperate need to repeat elementary school