Can anyone prove to me that half of FIVE is 4.?

Question

A teacher told us about this. Saying its a brain teaser, can u help me solve pls?

Answer 1

The Roman Numeral FOUR (IV) is in the middle of the word Five: F(IV)E
so its solved

I CAN SEE THAT MY BELOW PARTICIPANTS ARE COPYING ME.. LOL

Answer 2

Half of FIVE is really four! No, really! Look at this:
In the word FIVE, notice that all were capitals. Next, there are 4 letters, and half of that is...2. Look at the word carefully, and notice that the middle TWO letters have an equivalent value in Roman numerals as 4! IV is equal to 4! so half of FIVE is really equal to 4! (Take note that if you ever want to ask somebody verbally this brain teaser again, you can't expect him to give you the correct answer since the trick here is in the writing itself.)

Well, my work here is done.

Answer 3

half of FIVE is 4
five consists of 4 letters

F - IV - E = F - 4 (in roman numerals) - E

remove the other 2 letters F and E u'll get the remaining 2 letters which is IV and in roman numerals it is #4

Answer 4

F I V E
Take the middle 2 alphabets out of the total of 4 alphabets (half of "FIVE")
IV (in roman numerals) = 4

Answer 5

i dont know the answer, but obviously the other people didnt pay attention to the fact u said it was a brain teaser, not an actual equasion. big difference.

oh! the guy above me got it! good job, very smart!

Answer 6

FIVE - look at the word. And 4 in roman numerals is IV which is two letters of FIVE.

Answer 7

You want me to prove that
5/2 = 4?

Let us start:
Let
x = 1

thus
x = 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · .......

Thus(again)
x = 4/4 · 4/4 · 4/4 · 4/4 · 4/4 · 4/4 · 4/4 · 4/4 · 4/4 · .....

Thus(again) (again)
x = 4 · 1/4 · 4 · 1/4 · 4 · 1/4 · 4 · 1/4 · 4 · 1/4 · 4 · 1/4 · 4 · .

Thus(again) (again) (again)
x = 4 (4 · 1/4 · 4 · 1/4 · 4 · 1/4 · 4 · 1/4 · 4 · 1/4 · 4 · 1/4 · 4 · ....... )

Thus(again) (again) (again) (again)
x = 4 (x)

Thus(again) (again) (again) (again) (again) since x = 1,
1 = 4(1)

Thus(again) (again) (again) (again) (again) (again)
1 = 4

Thus(again) (again) (again) (again) (again) (again) (again)
1 + 4 = 4 + 4

Thus(again) (again) (again) (again) (again) (again) (again)
(again)
5 = 8

Thus(again) (again) (again) (again) (again) (again) (again)
(again) (again)
5/2 = 8/2

Thus (again for the last time)
5/2 = 4

^_^

Answer 8

5 is not equal to 4.
your teacher is wrong.

Answer 9

since half of five is not four when you do it you are making a mathematical blunder so when your teacher does it post it and i will find the blunder

Answer 10

No idea sorry!
good luck with it