If 30 divided by 1 is 30, then why is 30 divided by 1/2 60?

Question

I know how the math is done but why is the end result larger when the no. is smaller?

Answer 1

Think of it this way: There are 30 1's in 30. There are 60 halves in 30. Or money...$30 is 30 $1 bills. It's also 60 half-dollars.

Answer 2

cause 30 is a 1/2 of 60

Answer 3

Because 1/2<1. by the same token if you divide 30 by 2 (which is greater than 1, you'll get 15 which is smaller than 30

Answer 4

30 / (1/2) = 30 x (2/1)
= 60

when you divide by a fraction, the operation changes to multiplication and the fraction flips. in this case it flips from 1/2 to 2/1.

so thats how you get 60!
have fun with math!

Answer 5

fractions are division. 30 divided by one is how many times one will divide into 30. 30 divided by 1/2 is how many times 1/2 will divide into 30, which is more because 1/2 is smaller.

Answer 6

Because you divide by 1 and multiply with 2. When you divide 30 by 1 you get 30. When you multiply 30 with 2 you get 60.

30 / (1/2) = (30 x 2) / 1

Hope this helps.

Answer 7

bcoz it will be 30/1/2 which will become as 30*2/1 as there is two division symbol, to delete one division symbol, the 2 will come up & get multiplied with 30.therefore 30/1/2 is 60 which is the result of 30*2/1=60/1=60.

Answer 8

30/1=30 or 30*1=30
30/(1/2)=60 or 60 *1/2=30
hey how many 1/2's are there in 30 its 60 right

Answer 9

If a number is divided by smaller number,numerator will have larger numbers of smaller parts,that is why the answer would be 60.

Answer 10

No...just think about it this way.... If u divide 30 by 1 it means that you give 30 pieces of something to a pair o children.(1=2kids)...but if u divide 30 by 1/2 that means u need to give 30 pieces of something to each kid.that means u need to have 60 pieces of that something... i hope i made myself clear...