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How much is 550 ÷ 2? The seemingly simple exercise is driving the web 'crazy'
2023-01-05 19:38:35 / MISTERE&KURIOZITETE
This simple mathematical exercise has gone viral, leaving hundreds of thousands of users on social networks completely confused.
If you, like them, think that the correct answer is 225 – you are wrong!
Yes Yes. Social media users have been stunned to discover that 550 divided by 2 is 275, not 225.
If you multiply 225 by two, it equals 450, but for some reason, people seem to have it stuck in their minds that the result of 225 x 2 is 550.
Tweets, memes and Reddit threads around the world are sharing the 'bad news'.
A Twitter account @HappenedtoHim posted a meme photo showing two figures carrying a third on a stretcher, as one asks: 'What happened to him?'
And the other replies: 'He discovered that 550/2 do not make 225'.
The image quickly went viral, with 105,000 people liking the post on Twitter within hours, and many sharing their common confusion in the comments.
Another person on the net asked: 'How old were you when you first discovered that 550 divided by 2 is not 225?'
Another math enthusiast from Pakistan also shared the discovery, calling it a "back to earth for humanity".
This "numerical mayhem" is going viral at a rather ironic moment as it comes right after the news that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will make maths compulsory for young Britons until the age of 18.
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