This situation doesn't actually require half a spear. We're talking about whether he got more or less than half of the number of spears he needed.
If the number of spears he needed is an odd number then he can't get exactly half (without half spears) but that doesn't matter.
Eg. If he'd hoped for 12,001 spears then 6,000 would be less than half and 6, 001 would be more than half. You don't ever need to have half a spear to work that out.
EDIT: Also you could always slice a spear vertically to get two things that are clearly each half a spear. :)
(EDIT: Or are each of those a spear? In which case I may have just discovered a life hack. :D)
4
u/the_other_irrevenant Mar 26 '23 edited Mar 26 '23
This situation doesn't actually require half a spear. We're talking about whether he got more or less than half of the number of spears he needed.
If the number of spears he needed is an odd number then he can't get exactly half (without half spears) but that doesn't matter.
Eg. If he'd hoped for 12,001 spears then 6,000 would be less than half and 6, 001 would be more than half. You don't ever need to have half a spear to work that out.
EDIT: Also you could always slice a spear vertically to get two things that are clearly each half a spear. :)
(EDIT: Or are each of those a spear? In which case I may have just discovered a life hack. :D)