seriously, what thet fuck???

[Electric Sheep]

Ok, im calling on any one proficient in math out there.

Why the fuck does1/2 divided by 0.05 equate to 10?

seriously, what the hell?

[[NotD] GoT_ShOt]

because, basically .05 fits into 1/2 or .5 10 times
divided by means how many times does .05 fit into .5

   .50
 / .05
    10

   .05
 x 10
   .50
how many .05's add up to make a .5

[ChaoticTundra]

because, basically .05 fits into 1/2 or .5 10 times
divided by means how many times does .05 fit into .5

   .50
 / .05
    10

   .05
 x 10
   .50
how many .05's add up to make a .5

my brain just exploded....

[Johnanator]

because, basically .05 fits into 1/2 or .5 10 times
divided by means how many times does .05 fit into .5

   .50
 / .05
    10

   .05
 x 10
   .50
how many .05's add up to make a .5

At first I was all like  and then I was all like  then my brain hurt and I was like 

[aNTIQUATED]

i UNDERSTAND TAHT

[[NotD] GoT_ShOt]

look, whats


  .05               1st
+.05              2nd
+.05              3rd
+.05              4th
+.05              5th
+.05              6th
+.05              7th
+.05              8th
+.05              9th
+.05               10th
 .5 or 1/2


make it easier, 1/2 is the same as .5
and then we have .05

   .50            (the zero here just makes this easier)
  /.05
   10
now lets remove the decimal place, which is the period ........
so-

   50
  /05
   10
what is 50 divided by 5
what is 5 divided by 1/2's
what is 500 divided by 50
the decimals dont matter

[DJ Monster]

Its pritty symple when dividing your looking for how amny times somthing goes into something people mistake it for make a number smaller but its how many time it futs in and when useing desimals the number will be larger the the original

[[NotD] GoT_ShOt]

top 1 percentile in math

[Doc]

Okay. Since up there kinda made it really hard to understand...

1/2, okay? It's in fraction form. 0.05 in fraction form is 5/100, or 1/20. See the spaces? Two spaces to the right of the decimal= 100. One space=10, and 3 spaces=1000. Just add a zero for how many spaces there are.

So, 1/2 divided by 1/20 ends up as 1/2 times 20/1 You gotta flip the second fraction when dividing. Simple pre algebra.

So, 1/2 times 20/1 = 20  You multiply straight across. 1 times 20= 10, 2 times 1=2. Then, you simplify. 20/2= 10/1= 10. If you divide 20 and 2 by 2, you get 10 and 1. Then divide both by1 , and you get 10. I just worked it out for you, and explained the steps. XD

[Electric Sheep]

look, whats


  .05               1st
+.05              2nd
+.05              3rd
+.05              4th
+.05              5th
+.05              6th
+.05              7th
+.05              8th
+.05              9th
+.05               10th
 .5 or 1/2


make it easier, 1/2 is the same as .5
and then we have .05

   .50            (the zero here just makes this easier)
  /.05
   10
now lets remove the decimal place, which is the period ........
so-

   50
  /05
   10
what is 50 divided by 5
what is 5 divided by 1/2's
what is 500 divided by 50
the decimals dont matter

nothing is a bigger mind fuck that 0.5/0.05 = 10
i thought it was 0.005 (the question was on a practice test and i chose 0.005)

so basically, i want to make the decimals into whole numbers, and then see how many times one number fits into the other?

[Doc]

Sheep... You're, like, 22. Where the hell are you doing practice tests? XD

[[NotD] GoT_ShOt]

i think what doc meant was this(she uses fractions)

      1     /     1
      2    /     20


you flip one now

      1     /     20
      2    /      1

now since one is flipped you multiply instead of dividing

      1    x    20
      2    x     1

and the answer is...

      1     /     20   =  20        or     10
      2    /      1   =   2                     1



or just 20/2

[Doc]

i think what doc meant was this(she uses fractions)

      1     /     1
      2    /     20


you flip one now

      1     /     20
      2    /      1

now since one is flipped you multiply instead of dividing

      1    x    20
      2    x     1

and the answer is...

      1     /     20   =  20        or     10
      2    /      1   =   2                     1



or just 20/2

My fractions got messed up. -.- So I said screw it and just revised it to one line. XD

[Electric Sheep]

Sheep... You're, like, 22. Where the hell are you doing practice tests? XD

haha its an aptitude test for the Canadian Military

[[NotD] GoT_ShOt]

for future math though, its always best to try to use decimals.
in this instance its slightly less brainfucking to divide the fractions but you need to get in the habit of using decimals in this kind of equation for higher level math like calculus. All the ways you are taught to do math is for a reason, it builds on itself. Top percentile in math and i almost died in AP Chemistry 2 in highschool because i learned all the math 'my own way' and got screwed trying to do two page long equations with my 'own formula'