Question 256051: A student says that taking one-half of a number is the same as dividing the number by one-half. Is this correct? Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source):
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First we need to clarify a couple words. In math the word "of" means multiply. So let's take a number, say 12.
1/2 times 12 = 6 (Agree?)
Now let's divide the number by 1/2
12 divided by 1/2 is written as:
12 times 2/1 = 24
Now you know the answer to the problem.
Make sense?
RJ
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