SOLUTION: A student says that taking one-half of a number is the same as dividing the number by one-half. How do you respond?

SOLUTION: A student says that taking one-half of a number is the same as dividing the number by one-half. How do you respond?

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Question 174297: A student says that taking one-half of a number is the same as dividing the number by one-half. How do you respond?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I would say that the student is false.

Example:

Take half of 4 would look like

and divide 4 by one half to get

Since this means that the two are NOT the same.
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