Important topic, please look and vote!

[Donald]

I'm glad it did! Its good mental exercise on what would've been a dull night got a lot of people thinking or not thinking!

And in response to what should have been your question "Which number makes you think of a half?" a) 5 or b) 1.2...

Neither Are you mad?

There must be 20 other nutcases on here then maybe tonight I will start a new topic with the proper question When you look at 5 or 1.2, which one makes you think of half of a whole unit?

[Donald]

While people are reading this topic, can anyone help DAV4WS in his welcome topic?

[bb1boy]

Neither 5 or 1.2 make me think of 'a half', if the choices were out of 0.5 or 1/2, then I would say both. I've probably missed the point, but 7 pages of crazy make me think, lets just divide this sh!t by zero!




...but if 1.2 makes you think of a half, how many minutes are there in 1.2 hours?

[lewd lude lover]

I think I have spotted the issue here.

I would think of

1:2

as a representation of half in ratio form.

I would not think of

1.2

as a representation of half in any form.


Donald has used both in this thread. Which do you mean Donald?



in answer, if you stick to 1.2 rather than 1:2.

5 gives me more of the impression of 'half' mainly due to cultural signifiers. We use a decimal system so 50% is half, 5 is half of ten which is one full unit, as it were. Half is a very subjective quantity. The measurement may be the same but the answer/quantity will be different depending on what you are halving. If I were working in a different system, say pre decimal, or I was perchance on meth then I might feel differently.

Once you have a half of something you have a whole half so what do you do then?

[NafemanNathan]

how many minutes are there in 1.2 hours?

Well 72

And in response to what should have been your question "Which number makes you think of a half?" a) 5 or b) 1.2...

Neither Are you mad?

There must be 20 other nutcases on here then

I assume they were just tired

maybe tonight I will start a new topic with the proper question When you look at 5 or 1.2, which one makes you think of half of a whole unit?

You may want to throw "If you had to choose between 5 and 1.2" in there otherwise I'm just going to vote neither again

[NafemanNathan]

Half is a very subjective quantity. The measurement may be the same but the answer/quantity will be different depending on what you are halving.

Thank you!

[Donald]

Half is a very subjective quantity. The measurement may be the same but the answer/quantity will be different depending on what you are halving.

Thank you!

Yes I agree with this but a half is a half when you think of a half!

Bb1 has completely missed the point because of course 0.5 and 1/2 are halves of a whole

And LLL, I think I only mentioned 1:2 when rambling along with %, if I used it anywhere else it was another typo! I definitely meant 1.2 in the op.

Also "Once you have a half of something you have a whole half so what do you do then?" I like your thinking the transition from fraction to integer is sexy

[Thebusofwoe]

I think I have spotted the issue here.

I would think of

1:2

as a representation of half in ratio form.


I would not think of

1.2

as a representation of half in any form.


Donald has used both in this thread. Which do you mean Donald?



in answer, if you stick to 1.2 rather than 1:2.

5 gives me more of the impression of 'half' mainly due to cultural signifiers. We use a decimal system so 50% is half, 5 is half of ten which is one full unit, as it were. Half is a very subjective quantity. The measurement may be the same but the answer/quantity will be different depending on what you are halving. If I were working in a different system, say pre decimal, or I was perchance on meth then I might feel differently.

Once you have a half of something you have a whole half so what do you do then?

This is what im thinking

[bb1boy]

how many minutes are there in 1.2 hours?

Well 72

Yep, I wanted to see if anyone said 90, but no, the smart guy had to answer first...

Bb1 has completely missed the point because of course 0.5 and 1/2 are halves of a whole

hahaha ok then, in answer to your question, neither of your options make me think of a half. 5 makes me think of 5 single units and 1.2 makes me think of, well, 1.2 units.. or one and one fifth.

[NafemanNathan]

Half is a very subjective quantity. The measurement may be the same but the answer/quantity will be different depending on what you are halving.

Thank you!

Yes I agree with this but a half is a half when you think of a half!

Also correct