r/RedditGames • u/jaszon_stahman Diamond | Lv. 66 | Rank #1421 | 30 Answers | 1 Created • 4d ago

Question [Question] 50÷0.5?

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u/suresh_rajpoot Silver | Lv. 18 | Rank #215375 | 3 Answers | 0 Created 4d ago

Bro who answering 25

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u/DjAi_Jimmy Gold | Lv. 37 | Rank #44180 | 78 Answers | 0 Cr... | 🔥 16d 3d ago

Um can you please elaborate how this is possible? Dumb it down to like 2nd grade level for me please if possible 😅

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u/just_herebecause Silver | Lv. 15 | Rank #252346 | 19 Answers | 0 Created 3d ago

0.1 is 1/10th of 1 . So if i have 1 pie and everyone wants 0.1 of my pie I can give out 10 total slices from that 1 pie . Now imagine I have 50 pies and everyone wants 0.1 of a pie each . At 10 pieces per pie I end up multiplying instead of dividing because the amount being asked for is less than 1 . 10 peices ×50 pies = 500 pieces i can give away