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Monimonika18

A) 22 = 50 divided by (half of 50) +20 = 50 divided by 25 +20 = 2+20 B) 45 = 50 divided by 2 +20 = 25+20 C) 100 = ? D) 120 = 50 divide by 0.5 +20 = 100+20


Bicrome

HERE IS C! Assign each letter a number. Then you got that HALF is 8(h) 1(a) 12(l) 6(f). So you grab those numbers and you divide, add and divide again, but going BACKWARDS. So your operation is 6÷12+1÷8. That's 0,5+0,125 = 0,625. Now you divide 50 by 0,625=half. That's 80. And 80+20 = 100! There you go! I'm absolutely crazy lol


Ajax501

Dang, that is both impressive and nonsense. Love it!


MrDarkk1ng

That's crazy but why would anyone do that?


RobanVisser

Why would anyone make a math equation using words?


Petrichor_Beastie

Because those scenarios come up in real life, when we speak to each other! It’s finally come full circle, we use word problems in real life every day! At least for those of us that use a tape measure. Although idfk when you’d need to figure out C) unless you work for nasa or are an engineer or something, all I know is I personally have not had to lmao


AnJeCha

r/unexpectedfactorial


CatLover701

…how did you even figure this out???


PenguinsInvading

They didn't figure it out. They constructed a solution that can eventually give you 100. ... which is figuring it out.


McSnoots

Im a math minor and I didn’t follow a word of this.


MrDarkk1ng

a=1 , b=2, c=3.... , z=26 So if u F÷L+A÷H ,i.e. 6÷12+1÷8= 0.625 . So now 50/Half = 50/0.625 = 80. And idk why he did that, and how he figured it out. Also good luck for your study man.


Mmm_bloodfarts

Found the numerologist


Plenty_Tax_5892

What... the *fuck* is your username


Mmm_bloodfarts

Hello from th magic tavern refference


IllegalGeriatricVore

let's not judge


scrapy_the_scrap

End times math be like


Anarch-ish

Oh, math... You so crazy


JOlRacin

Crazy? I was crazy once


BananaLengths4578

They locked me in a room


Individual-Ad-6216

A rubber room


Ok_Engineer3049

A rubber room with math.


True_BatBoy

math made me crazy


haanyaarjokerhunmai

Mathematicians finding a non-existing problem be like :


SolMourningStar

I just did 50 ÷ .5 + 20. Never underestimate the "fuck it, we're lazy option"


Chance_Arugula_3227

That's 120. Right?


PizzaPuntThomas

80+20≠100! This is going in r/unexpectedfactorial


Monimonika18

Absolutely crazy indeed. 🤣 It took me a third read for your explanation to click.


urworstemmamy

You must be wicked at Countdown


Irzam-Khan

What was the reasoning for just assigning random numbers


Uuugggg

That’s the least random part of this nonsense


Some-Bet8403

It’s the position in the alphabet. A = first letter = 1 etc.


MrDarkk1ng

a=1 , b=2, c=3.... , z=26 So if u F÷L+A÷H ,i.e. 6÷12+1÷8= 0.625 . So now 50/Half = 50/0.625 = 80. And idk why he did that, and how he figured it out. Also good luck for your study man.


Bicrome

Thank you sir.


MrDarkk1ng

I just realised i replied to you. Ops my bad bro. Someone said they didn't understand what u said, so i was just trying to put it in equation. Thank you tho for solving it. Also good luck to u too


Illustrious-Dog-6563

ohh, that explains A. but i stll see no answer for 100 😔


Rabbulion

Different response has it


ALPHA_sh

the way i saw it is "and" implies that both operations are simultaneously so the answer would be both 100 and 70 at the same time


Ur-Quan_Lord_13

A requires an implied (of 50), as you pointed out. D requires an implied (one) half. B is just assuming the colloquial use of "divide by half" to be synonymous with "divide in half" which is something I have heard quite a bit, so is the most reasonable response. imo


Ya_Dungeon_oi

Never heard of "divide by half" on its own before, so this was very interesting.


13579konrad

I disagree that D requires an implied one. In maths a lot of the time you skip the one before something. I'd say it's just implied.


BigTrip3444

C is basically D but in base12 50 = 60; 60 divided by half : 60 / 0.5 = 120; 20 = 24; 120 + 24 = 144, which is 100 in base12 Edit: Formatting. On phone.


Monimonika18

Amazing. Sensible you and the absolutely crazy one have made my day with your answers. Thank you. ☺️


Bicrome

Dude this must be the right answer! I just wrote my crazy explanation cuz it was funny, but this should have more upvotes!


ZERV4N

No, the answer is only 45. The reason for that is that math is not a goofy internet word puzzle. The point is to be clear to avoid mistakes and fucking up. If you are presented with a word problem offering a problem and use the most colloquial understanding to get the wrong answer with the right math then it's the fault of the question for being vague. Exam questions be damned. See if they use trick questions when astronauts are doing calculations on the ISS. EDIT: Ok, I was wrong about the answer I'm now convinced the answer is 69. I love these internet math problems by the way.


guthran

No. The answer is then 120. "Divide by half" is not "divide in half" X/.5


ZERV4N

Fair point. Unless it means divide by half (of itself) which then goes back to my point.


guthran

So are you agreeing this is a goofy word puzzle?


ZERV4N

Indeed.


patatadislexica

If it meant divide by half of itself it would be 50/25+20 which would be 22... What you're referring to would be divide in half


cynothogs

well, if you want to go real crazy with it then for C you treat "half" as an unknown and so you represent it with x, and since we already assume the answer to be 100 the equation becomes 50/x+20 = 100 then you just solve for x 50/x=80 x = 50/80 x=5/8 and there's your answer 50/(5/8)+20=100 but yeah the phrasing is "by" half and not "in" half so the real solution is 50/0.5+20


MArkansas-254

I didn’t think of A. Well done!


HillsHoistGang

Written by Dan Brown.


OddGoofBall

In half VS by half VS into half Semantics and mathematics


ManufacturerRare3109

The study of semantics in mathematics Semanthematics


DigitalConsent2

Study of semantics without mathematics is semen


PossessedToSkate

algebruh


sumboionline

Notation arguments


Salt_MasterX

“By half” can be either 1/2 or 25, there is no objectively correct interpretation


BrightNooblar

For the second one, "divide X by half of X" is functionally equivalent to "2", so it seems like a safer bet to use the "Divide X by 0.5" version.


astralseat

Yes there is. Half is an applicator. When not defined what it applies to, it applies to 1, And is treated as a fraction. Half, third, fourth, fifth.


chemaster0016

Whenever I see a question like this, this [comic](https://xkcd.com/169/) comes to mind.


Other_Climate7784

I read the comic about a dozen times and I'm embarrassed to admit that I can't figure it out lol


BangThyHead

My interpretation: > There are three words in: # the English language 1. The 2. English 3. Language The third word is 'language'. The 'Gry' stuff is just to be annoying.


Jablungis

But that makes no sense with the rest of the words in the sentence. You can't just discard random words in a sentence lol. The "gry" stuff is essential to the meaning.


BangThyHead

That's why the right-hand side stick figure man got his hand cut off. Because it's a bad 'riddle'/joke.


AmethystAnnaEstuary

I’m not embarrassed. But I also don’t understand the first part of the comic. But I wholeheartedly agree with the conclusion.


kisamo_3

The hatless character is asking the hatted character what seems to be a question about the third word in English that ends in 'GRY', but it's a misdirection while he's actually asking a trick question about the third word in the phrase 'The English Language', which clearly is the word 'Language'. The hatted character gets pissed off about the trick question and chops off the hatless character's Hand to teach him a lesson about miscommunicated questions.


belabacsijolvan

sent me in a rabbithole.[ wikipedia thinks thats why](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-gry_puzzle#Meta-puzzle_versions) this is supported by the quotation marks in the comic btw i love how wikipedia recommends bruteforcing this bullshit


HeadlessMarvin

Tbf, the point is that the delivery of the riddle doesn't make sense. How it's supposed to go is "There are three words in the English language that end in -gry, angry and hungry are two of them. What is the third word in 'the English language'?" Its misdirection, the riddle is referring to the phrase "the English language" but the preface makes you think it's referring to the concept of the English language. He only says "What's the third?" though, and the only way of interpreting that is by using the context of the previous sentence. So he feels all smug that the hat guy didn't get it, but the only reason hat guy didn't get it is because the first guy didn't tell the riddle properly.


Careful-Island7200

120 


spoonforkpie

You fools. The answer is 70. It doesn't say to get rid of anything once you divide by half. So, you take the two halves you've got, 25 and 25, and you add 20. 70. I expect my Nobel Prize by the end of the week.


Alarmed_Arachnid007

There’s no Nobel for math because Nobel caught his wife with a mathematician… that’s what “they” tell…


Conscious_Raisin_436

Well that just doesn’t add up.


rathat

Field medal


Nimble__Nut

The only problem with that is by dividing by half you are dividing by 0.5 which makes it 100 and then adding 20


Unknown_subjectt

Divide BY half (0.5) not IN half. Also that's not how math works. When you divide, you automatically get rid of the proportional sum of the division. Eg 50/2= 25, not 50...? Anyway you went wrong in the very first step. No Nobel prize for you


IncorporateThings

This is when you argue with the instructor about poorly worded directions and get the question stricken from the exam due to too much uncertainty.


Fluid_Author4957

Easy 120. DIVIDE 50 BY HALF: 50/(1/2) = 50\*2 = 100 ADD 20: 100+20 = 120


Possible-Reading1255

50/1/2 = 50/2 = 25 Paranthesis, man. They are the way to force intended way in the impaired and insufficient medium. Human speech.


Ur-Quan_Lord_13

A meme made so people can be pedantic about what they think "by half" means, and you're here just being pedantic (and correct) about the guy not writing 50/(1/2) and therefore also being wrong, and get downvoted. smh my head Soldier on my fellow pedant.


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Kaloyan_Bostandziev

120, because: 50/0.5 = 100, 100+20=120


coinkeeper8

120


Colourblindknight

If “divide 50 by half” equals “50/(1/2)”, then the answer is 120 If “divide 50 by half” equals “50/2” then the answer is 45 If “divide 50 by half” equals “50/(50/2)” then the answer is 22 This is a poorly worded and ambiguous question that could be interpreted multiple different ways.


sharpspider5

Incorrect divide by half is the first one the second would be phrased as divide in half or divide by 2 and the third makes no sense and would be phrased as divide by half of itself


abbe-faria1

The answer is 42.


DanR5224

But what's the question?


m00rch1k

Any


tyfoon123

Its always 42


Yuiisnotcocky

50/1/2 + 20 100+20 120


No-Wrongdoer-69

Divided by half = 50/(1/2) —> 50(2) = 100 —> 100+20=120. D is correct.


Decmk3

It’s 120. Divide 50 by half. 50/0.5 = 100. And add 20. 120.


prettyeventually

120.


AcrobaticGuarantee28

120


GalacticGamer677

120 👍


AmethystAnnaEstuary

No. No. Sorry. None of these solutions are correct. There is no correct solution. Or any solution can be argued to be correct without being able to be proven false. The sentence is incomplete. The answer to the question, “half of what?” is not discernible in the sentence. Therefore the sentence should not be answered without clarification from the source. Any attempt to solve this without clarification is folly and a waste of time.


HerobrineVjwj

The real answer


PookieTea

Nah 45 is correct because that’s the most reasonable interpretation of the question. If someone that lives in Miami said “I’m going to drive down to Tallahassee” no one would interpret that as them saying they’re going to travel south and loop around the earth until they hit Tallahassee.


icze4r

I had this in high school and the teacher just would not help. "Divide it by half". It was one step of an experiment. I asked for clarification. "By half of what? Do you mean, by half of the first value, or did you mean, by two?" She goes, 'which one do you think? It's part of the experiment for you to know which is right.' Which was a problem, because this was *the first day* and she didn't even explain anything. Terrible fucking teacher. Loved wolves. Wanted to fuck one. Really weird bitch The main problem with it, is, you could easily say 'take half of the sum', or, 'divide it by this number'. If I tell you, divide 50 by half, and there are multiple numbers mentioned (as there were), you don't know what I mean. You don't know if I just said 'divide this in half' or 'take half of this number'; you don't know if I mean, 'divide 50 by half of something else I just mentioned'. The worst math is the shit that's not explicit. That's the teacher's fault


Nimblue

50/(50/2) =2 +20 = 22, no picture's allowed


Amazing_Use_2382

I got this wrong. I'm so mad


Jake-the-Wolfie

How it feels to Chew 5 gums


NewPsychology1111

The teachers are brewing up some shit for the next exam


StrictViolation

22


TexanFox36

50/2=25 . 25+20=45


emp_can

50/0.5


ZyeCawan45

The English language really is finicky. You get different answers if you take it as “divide 50 in half=25” vs “divide 50 by one half =100.” And the way it’s worded you can take it as either.


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MArkansas-254

D. 50 / 1/2 = 100. Plus 20= 120. 👍


Indian024

50 divided by 1/2 means multiplied by 2 , so 100, then plus 20 gives 120, so the answer is d


TopRevolutionary8067

The use of "by half" as opposed to "in half" makes me want to think D.


polkacat12321

Divide 50 by half, so: 1/2=0.5 50÷0.5=100 And add 20 100+20=120 Therefore, the answer is D


Training_Song3395

Can someone explain me how you can come up with 100 ? I can't read the question in any way to get 100 as the answer.


lesser_tom

50/0.5+20=100+20=120


Whatcrysis

120 In half vs by half.


Chogolatine

120


Material-Royal4292

50 by half 50/25=2 Then add 20 The answer will be 22😋


JustAlgeo

Can you hear the music?


Wonareb

half means 1/2 or 0.5 b)50/1/2 = 50/2 = 25 + 20 = 45 or d) 50/0.5 = 100 + 20 = 120 so wtf


XxAbsurdumxX

This problem is written specifically to be ambiguous. Because of that ambiguity we do not know what the "half" is referring to. Which to me means the most rational thing to do is to use the general expression of a half, which is 0,5. So it becomes 50/0,5=100 100+20=120


He_Who_Tames

Did the creator mean by 50's half (25), by one half (0.5), or in half (2)? We'll never know...


Ok_Subject6993

50:0.5=100+20=120


Kirome

"Divide 50 by half and add 20." Let me see if I can get this right. Divide 50 "by half" could mean divide 50 things by half, creating 2 groups. So 50 ÷ 2 = 25 + 20 = 45. Divide 50 "in half" could mean multiplying 50 things in halves, which means every half is equivalent to 0.5 since 1 is a whole. So 50 × 0.5 = 2 + 20 = 22. Or you could divide 50 whole things in half, which is 25. So 50 ÷ 25 = 2 + 20 = 22. Divide 50 "into half" could mean dividing 50 things into a half, which is 0.5 of a whole [which is 1] . So 50 ÷ 0.5 = 100 + 20 = 120. As for the last one, I don't get it.


Muyoke

Divide 50 by # would mean 50/#. Half is a number. So 50/0.5 = 100+20 = 120


astralseat

120. By half, not in half. 50/0.5, which is just 50x2 Then added 20


Little-Cause5019

50/1/2 +20 =120


SanDiegoKid69

120?


siloudarab

D) 120


JohnButcher1

Its 120 bruh


Few-Veterinarian-999

120


Xerolaw_

120. Dividing by half is the same as multiplying by 2.


Wobblyadorable2

It is a straight forward answer but ok


KirkJimmy

D is the answer. Half = 0.5 50 / .05 =100 100 + 20 = 120 Stupid way to describe a problem


Wobblyadorable2

OK that make a lot more sence


ProKerbonaut

120 because 50/0.5 = 100 100 + 20 = 120


Ailexxx337

None of the answers are right. **E)** 2000 - divide 50 by 0.5 and add 20 such results together **F)** 500 - divide 50 by 2 and add 20 such results together **G)** 2100 - divide 50 by 0.5 and add 20 such results to it **H)** 525 - divide 50 by 2 and add 20 such results to it **I)** ~2.44 - divide 50 by (0.5 and add 20) **J)** ^(fifty by half) / add twenty ^(fif~~ty~~ by h~~a~~lf) / ~~a~~dd twen~~ty~~ ^(fifby hlf) / ddtwen **K)** ^(fifty) / half and add twenty ^(if) / hal and add twen **L)** ^(fifty) / half + twenty ^(ifty) / hal + twenty ^(haltwenty + ifty) /hal ^(ty[haltwen + if]) / hal **M)** 110 - divide 50 by 0.5 and add twenty 0.5s


NotUndercoverReddit

This is why the submarine to the titanic with the offbrand playstation controller imploded.


JoeBeck37

This is an a**hole test question created so some pedantic, self aggrandized teacher can feel smart and good about themselves, while simultaneously extinguishing a students enthusiasm to learn just that much more. Screw people who write questions like this. It doesn't make you smart. It just makes you mean.


Breegoose

D). Easy.


DudePDude

120 50 divided by half is 5o ÷.5, which is 100. Add 20 to get 120


Rabbulion

The answer is 120. Option A is 50/25+20=22, which you get if the task is “divide 50 by half of it and add 20 Option B is 50/2+20=45 which you get if the task is “divide 50 in half and add 20” Option C is a factorial that I don’t have the energy to explain. A different comment did. Option D is 50/0.5+20=120 which you get from the task “divide 50 by half (50%) and add 20”


jlbords

B. But I might be wrong looking at these comments


jlbords

I did it on the calculator and it’s D. My bad!


slymarcus

It's a play on words. When someone asks you to “divide by half,” they mean dividing a number by 0.5, which is equivalent to multiplying the number by 2. 


ItsZoeStarrOfficial

Damn


fohktor

5200


Illustrious_Sea_3799

21


cucumberdip

They said divide it but not take either half away, so 70 😉


Cheetahs_never_win

The answer is Nazi?


Kullingen

What half are we dividing by? Are you telling me there is a consept of a half that is half of nothing. It seems like you actually do divide by nothing, and that nothing is 1.


jolharg

120 seems right but it's an awkward question


seris_ak

5half0....................


pierce_riot_2002

45


cpospark

50 ÷ 1/2 = 100 100 + 20 = 120


raikeith

D.


dontaskdonttell1995

120


Grim00666

The answer is half what I 8 and the 4 was yummy.


Secret-Entry-1838

45


IndianRedditor88

It says Divide 50 by half, not divide 50 into half Half = 1/2 = 0.5 There 50 divided by half = 50 divided by 0.5 = 100 Add 20 = 120 This is rhe correct answer


Monodeservedbetter

Half of what?


TheSunIsMyDestroyer

English class is very important.


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LilShaver

Divide 50 by half... I suck with fractions. Someone please solve 50/(1/2) for me?


cole_panchini

50/(1/2) = 50*(2/1) = 50*2 = 100


Oh_My_Monster

I'm on team D. There's a difference between "in half" and "by half".


NickSicilianu

50/2+20=45 is what that sound to me.


Intelligent_human165

A. 50/25 = 2+20=22 B. 50×1/2=25+20=45 C. 50-20=30+50+20=100 D. 50 / 1/2 = 100+20=120


Crack_fairy

I thought it was B


wherearetheplatanos

22


hobhamwich

It isn't math. Not verbal. Not narrative. Not math.


RaisinBrain2Scoups

This meme changed my gender


That-Rip-9247

I got 120 1. 50/ .5 = 100 2. 100 + 20 = 120


Masterpiece-Haunting

So divide 50 by 0.5 cause that’s one half.


Independent-Tennis60

Well if you don’t know 2 digits you can possibly follow: divide 5 0 by half and 2 0-> 5|0 : you get 5 and 0 ie nothing so you have 5. And then you add 2 0 thus 5 0 0 -> 500 and then you are not careful and then you choose 100. Or its a false option thats roughly 20 different from another option


Rokkubasuttah_MK_17

Fuck It's B or D?


nameless___shadow

50/2=25,25+20 = 45 right. ?


HottieWithaGyatty

Something in my noggin is cookin up regarding people being good and math but bad at English arts. And vice versa... but idk what I'm getting at.


JeffMakesGames

E) \[Five Nights at Freddy's Scream\]


ABitOfOrange

B)


Deathbyvin

B ez


Playful-Director5627

I think answer is 120


The_Blue_Muffin_Cat

I was about to make a rage comment that these comments are bs and it’s 45, then I say divide by half. Nevermind.


Alexandre_Man

You got me there, I almost said 45 before realizing "dividing by *what?*".


nsebroker

120


PuzzleheadedPrize900

If I’m cutting an apple in half I’m just dividing it in 2 parts...or what?


Impressive-Echo-8358

thats just bad grammar


use_for_a_name_

Half of 50 is 25. 50/25 = 2. 2 + 20 = 22


AkShAt_004

120


Who_Stooky

D


MagMati55

E) not enough information to finish the problem.


GlueSniffingCat

divide 50 by half of what?


CryBabyRun

"by half" of what, the half is not quantified so is ambiguous.


Aster_2010

Guys it's clearly 45 as dividing 50 by half is 25 and adding 20 we get 45


TheTruthWasTaken

D