Posted on 01/04/2023 7:26:21 AM PST by CFW
Social media users have been left bewildered after discovering that 550 divided by two is 275 - and not 225 as many seem to instinctively assume.
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Falcon-9 and Crew Dragon say "Get yer head outta yer arse!!!"
If they cobbled something resembling a Saturn-V from museum pieces taken out of Houston, Huntsville, and The Cape ... NO amount of money would pay me to get anywhere near it, especially if it's fueled. OTOH, I'd jump at the chance to take a ride with Space-X.
I also thought 225 but then i knew it was probably wrong and rethought for a minute and knew it was 275. Your ex0lanation is good.
The one on the iPhone can’t handle parenthesis correctly. It also screws up big time it you attempt to enter negative exponents.
Meg Ryan demonstrated that to Tim Robbins in “IQ”.
Just noticed I typoed my own comment #150. Oops. Laughing at myself.
That’s 4th grade math.
People should be able to do it in their heads.
I was able to do it instantly and correctly…….that’s how we were taught back in the old days.
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“Half of 500 is 250. Half of 50 is 25. You do the math.”
Ok, I will: 250 minus 25 is 225. Therefore I agree with the majority of respondents.
You’re a poster child for public education, aren’t you Bob?
/kidding
“You’re a poster child for public education, aren’t you Bob?”
LOL, but not really - I look to other sources for news, rather than what the Neocons/Biden/Media feed us. People who went to public schools tend to be far more trusting of that bunch.
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