half and a half and a half of a half and a half of two and a half =?

Question

Any more simple mathematical wizardry out there to amuse my feeble mind?

Answer 1

.5 + .5 + .25 + 1.25 = 2.5

Two and a half.

I like it, very funny!

Answer 2

This could be lots of different things. In English the "and" makes a plus, and the "of" means times. So this parses to

1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 * 1/2 + 1/2 * 2 + 1/2

Mathematically you evaluate this by doing multiplication first, so it would be 2 3/4. In English I would say you can evaluate it in any order (effectively, put parenthesis anywhere), so there are lots of different answers:

(half and a half and a half) of (a half and a half of two) and a half
= 3/2*(1/2 + 2/2) + 1/2 = 13/4

half and a half and (a half of a half) and (a half of two and a half)
= 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2*1/2 + 1/2*(2 1/2) = 2 1/2

and so on.

Answer 3

2 3/4

Answer 4

2 and 3/4

Answer 5

(half) and (a half) and (a half of a half) and (a half of two) and (a half) ...
= 1/2+1/2 + 1/2(1/2)+1/2(2)+1/2= 1+ 1/4+1+1/2 = 2 and 3/4... or is it and a half of (two and a half)? in which case it's 10/4 = 2 and 1/2...

Answer 6

There are two answers for this.
(1) 1/2+1/2+1/4+1+1/2 = 2 & 3/4
(2) 1/2+1/2+1/4+1&1/4 = 2 & 1/2

Answer 7

The answer is 0.078125

two and a half divided in half 5 times over

2.5 /2 = 1.25 /2 = 0.625 /2 = 0.3125 /2 = 0.15625 /2 = 0.078125

Answer 8

1 1/2 of 1 - 2 1/2 = 0 I believe

Answer 9

2/2*2*2*2*2 +1/2= 1/16+ 1/2 = 9/16

Answer 10

1/2 +1/2+1/2(1/2+1/2*2+1/2)=
dealing with the brackets first
1/2+1/2+1/2(1*5/2)=
1+1/2(5/2)=1+5/4=1/1+5/4=
4/4+5/4=9/4=2.25 or 2 and a quarter

Answer 11

(half)+(a half)+ (a half of a half)+ (half of two)+(a half)
=(half)+(half)+ (half of a half)+(1)+(half)
=3*(half)+((1/2)/2)+(1)
=3*(1/2)+(1/4)+(1)
=(3/2)+(1/4)+(1)
=(6/4)+(1/4)+(4/4)
=(6+1+4)/4
=11/4