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Simple Maths

aussie09aussie09 Member Posts: 8,033
edited June 2010 in Poker Chat


Quick question..

What is a half divided by a half?











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  • CowgomooCowgomoo Member Posts: 749
    edited June 2010
    The answer is one.
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  • loonytoonsloonytoons Member Posts: 4,270
    edited June 2010
     its a quarter - but im in the minority by the looks of it!
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,885
    edited June 2010

    Only one vote so for for "a half"?

    ;)
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  • BananaDogBananaDog Member Posts: 1,390
    edited June 2010
    ummm...just looking for my calculator!
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  • MereNoviceMereNovice Member Posts: 4,364
    edited June 2010
    The answer is indubitably one.
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  • Patching99Patching99 Member Posts: 446
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    The answer is indubitably one.
    Posted by MereNovice
    Did you accidently lean on your keyboard or is this actually a word?
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  • MereNoviceMereNovice Member Posts: 4,364
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths : Did you accidently lean on your keyboard or is this actually a word?
    Posted by Patching99
    It's definitely a word - that's incontrovertible.  :-)))

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  • Patching99Patching99 Member Posts: 446
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths : It's definitely a word - that's incontrovertible.  :-)))
    Posted by MereNovice
    Ah, i've heard that one one, my car is an incontrovertible, i.e. no soft top. ;-)
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  • aussie09aussie09 Member Posts: 8,033
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths : Ah, i've heard that one one, my car is an incontrovertible, i.e. no soft top. ;-)
    Posted by Patching99
    my doctor said that I should have one of those cars...  a cortisone injection

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  • BelovedLtdBelovedLtd Member Posts: 188
    edited June 2010
    lol - maths is fun :D

    Division is how many times one number fits into another
    so 10 divided by 2 is 5, as 2 'fits' in to 10 five times

    i.e. 1/2 divided by 1/2 is 1 (as once you've put one 1/2 into your 1/2 it is full)

    mechanically (although I can't find a proper divide symbol :( )
    1/2  /  1/2  =  1/2 x 2/1  = 2/2  =  1

    If it's any comfort, proportion (fractions, percentages and odds) is the subject which more people struggle with in maths than any other concept.
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  • MereNoviceMereNovice Member Posts: 4,364
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    lol - maths is fun :D Division is how many times one number fits into another so 10 divided by 2 is 5, as 2 'fits' in to 10 five times i.e. 1/2 divided by 1/2 is 1 (as once you've put one 1/2 into your 1/2 it is full) mechanically (although I can't find a proper divide symbol :( ) 1/2  /  1/2  =  1/2 x 2/1  = 2/2  =  1 If it's any comfort, proportion (fractions, percentages and odds) is the subject which more people struggle with in maths than any other concept.
    Posted by BelovedLtd
    I've found that more people struggle with calculus than fractions, percentages and odds.
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  • GREGHOGGGREGHOGG Member Posts: 7,155
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths : I've found that more people struggle with calculus than fractions, percentages and odds.
    Posted by MereNovice
    I struggle with maths full stop...

    I still think 1/2 divided by 1/2 should be 1/4. I KNOW it is 1, but despite the well intentioned explantion above, i still don't get it.

    I know enough to "get by" in poker, but that's it im afraid
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  • BelovedLtdBelovedLtd Member Posts: 188
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths : I've found that more people struggle with calculus than fractions, percentages and odds.
    Posted by MereNovice
    The proportion of people who do calculus struggle with it more than the proportion of people who do proportions

    But more people have to deal with proportions overall as basically everybody does at various points, whereas the only people who do calculus are really the people studying it.

    Therefore, more people struggle with the concept of proportion than anything else
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  • aussie09aussie09 Member Posts: 8,033
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths : I struggle with maths full stop... I still think 1/2 divided by 1/2 should be 1/4. I KNOW it is 1, but despite the well intentioned explantion above, i still don't get it. I know enough to "get by" in poker, but that's it im afraid
    Posted by GREGHOGG
    greg... there a wonderful thread "WWHD" on here where the guy answers every question in the universe.  ask him, he'll know.

    regards
    rob
     
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  • aussie09aussie09 Member Posts: 8,033
    edited June 2010

    if you've got this far, knowing the answer is one, what is zero divided by zero?


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  • MereNoviceMereNovice Member Posts: 4,364
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    if you've got this far, knowing the answer is one, what is zero divided by zero?
    Posted by aussie09
    Like so many poker questions the answer is "It depends ...".
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  • BelovedLtdBelovedLtd Member Posts: 188
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    if you've got this far, knowing the answer is one, what is zero divided by zero?
    Posted by aussie09
    It's undefined
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  • GREGHOGGGREGHOGG Member Posts: 7,155
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths : greg... there a wonderful thread "WWHD" on here where the guy answers every question in the universe.  ask him, he'll know. regards rob  
    Posted by aussie09
    Lol, i reckon Hogg would say, refer any enquiries regarding maths to his in-house expert Merenovice
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  • loonytoonsloonytoons Member Posts: 4,270
    edited June 2010
    How can you divide nothing? its like if we had a basket with no bananas in it, how can i halve those non existent bananas or  would it be yes we have no bananas? or am i talking bananas?
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  • BelovedLtdBelovedLtd Member Posts: 188
    edited June 2010
    In Response to Re: Simple Maths:
    How can you divide nothing? its like if we had a basket with no bananas in it, how can i halve those non existent bananas or  would it be yes we have no bananas? or am i talking bananas?
    Posted by loonytoons
    That's why it's undefined, it can be 'interpreted' to mean different things but essentially it has no answer.

    After a certain stage then number theory becomes more like philosophy than a science, your post reminded me of that - although from what I recall from university there was probably less emphasis on the bananas. :D
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