MakunaHatata@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoThink about itlemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down146
arrow-up1204arrow-down1imageThink about itlemmy.worldMakunaHatata@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareMrJameGumb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down3·7 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-up22·7 months agoDivide with a decimal to multiply. This is equivalent to multiplying 0.25 by 2.
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-27 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-up1·7 months agoAh yeah, thats where I was mentally fucking it up. Thanks.
minus-squaremyxi@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 months ago0.25 / 0.50 = (0.25 * 4) / (0.50 * 4) = 1 / 2 = 0.50
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 2
is the same acutting something in half
.Dividing by a half
is the same as the inverse ofcutting something in half
, which isdoubling it
Ah 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