You have 10 cookies and want to give #1/2# of them to a friend. How many do you give to your friend?

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Justin A.
Apr 2, 2016

You give five cookies.

Explanation:

To take #1/2# of 10 cookies, divide 10 by 2. The answer is 5.

If you want to go into more detail, we're technically multiplying 10 by #1/2#.

We can re-write 10 as #20/2# by multiplying it by #2/2#,
and multiply by #1/2# to get #20/4#,
which simplifies to 5.

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