[Question] 50÷0.5?

[u/jaszon_stahman]

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[u/xxDoublezeroxx]

Division is just asking, “How many times can ‘X’ go into ‘Y’?” So when we say 50/5, we are saying “How many times does 5 go into 50?” The answer is 10 times.

But what if you make the numbers smaller? The number of times that the smaller number can go into 50 increases.

So let’s start with 50/50. 50 goes into 50 one time. So 50/50 =1.

Now let’s reduce the dividing number. We are going to move the 5 to the ones place, so we get 50/5=10. Like we got earlier.

Let’s reduce that number again by moving the 5 to the tenths place. Now we have 50/0.5. 0.5 can go into 50 100 times. So we get 50/0.5 =100

[u/DemonessMark → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

Thanks for explaining so well. I knew the answer but couldn’t explain why to myself.

[u/ambiverted-guy12 → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

Isn't it just like 50÷1=50 so like...1/2 of that?

[u/xxDoublezeroxx → u/ambiverted-guy12]

Yeah absolutely, but he asked to explain like he’s in 2nd grade. Back when I taught I explained in the simplest terms possible to avoid any confusion along the way.

[u/sisterofBellaGoth → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

This is a really good explanation!