this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2024
127 points (79.5% liked)

Memes

45317 readers
2222 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 13 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago

¼ / ½ = ¼ • 2 = 2/4 = ½

This is the reason why people should learn fractions

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago

And 4/2 = 2, what’s your point?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Way better: 37% of 72 = 72% of 37

(Or any other numbers)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Yeah that was always the dumbest "trick" to pop up every couple weeks on reddit to then also have the top quote be, "it only works with easy numbers though."

[–] tmjaea 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

½ • ½ = ¼ 🫤

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago
[–] waigl 7 points 7 months ago

Well, yeah, dividing something by 0.5 is the same thing as multiplying it by 2…

[–] Deestan 6 points 7 months ago

0.25^0.5^=0.5

[–] patak 6 points 7 months ago

Thanks I'm not going to sleep for the next 34 months and I think I should meditate 2 hours a minute to find out how this works

[–] bin_bash 5 points 7 months ago

that is the right result why don't sleep because of that? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I figured out why this is the case but only after I checked it on a calculator.

It's me, I am the problem.