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When two numbers multiply the result is increases but when you mutiply .5 and.5 the answer get decreases that is .25 how?
The number .5 means half. So, if you take half of something, that is less than the entire thing, right? And half of half is a quarter. Multiplication only makes numbers larger when you multiply numbers that are greater than one. If you multiply by one the number doesn't change. If you multiply by less than one, you make the number smaller.
To find the area of a right triangle multiply height by what?
One-half the base.
How do you multiply one half times five?
(1/2)5=2.5
How do you find the one fourth half and three fourth of two numbers?
one fourth: divide the number by 4, or multiply it by 0.25half: divide the number by 2, or multiply it by 0.5 three fourths: multiply the answer to the first by 3, or multiply the original number by 0.75
Multiply 96 by a half and add 0.30 to your answer?
96.3
What do you multiply one half by to get 4?
8
What is 1 half of 12?
The answer is 6. Multiply one half by twelve over one. and you get 6!
what is one half of a percent of 36000?
If you multiply one half of a percent (0.05) x 36,000 you will get 18,000.
If 14 counters is half then what is ONE?
If 14 counters is half, you multiply it by 2 to get 28 counters, which is one.
How does one half squared equal one fourth?
One half squared equals one fourth because when you multiply one half by one half you get one fourth. This is the equivalent of saying that half of one half is one fourth.
What can you multiply to get one fourth?
one half multiplied by one half or 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4
Which is more one-third or one-half and why?
One half. If you converted them both to fractions, 1/3 is 2/6 (multiply by 2) and 1/2 is 3/6 (multiply top and bottom by 3).
When two numbers multiply the result is increases but when you mutiply .5 and.5 the answer get decreases that is .25 how?
The number .5 means half. So, if you take half of something, that is less than the entire thing, right? And half of half is a quarter. Multiplication only makes numbers larger when you multiply numbers that are greater than one. If you multiply by one the number doesn't change. If you multiply by less than one, you make the number smaller.
How do you multiply like denominators fractions?
You multiply straight across. Let's take one half and two halves for example. Multiply across, and you get three quarters.
To find the area of a right triangle multiply height by what?
One-half the base.
How do you multiply one half times five?
(1/2)5=2.5
When two numbers multiply the result increases but when multiply half and half the result is quarter that is decreases how with brief explanation?
...but if you multiply a whole number by a half the result decreases. Half of anything is less than that thing!
