Braingle: 'Fun with Division' Brain Teaser

Fun with Division

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Puzzle ID:	#12304
Fun:	(2.92)
Difficulty:	(1.3)
Category:	Trick
Submitted By:	sca1218

What is half of 8,
yet isn't 2 x 2,
0 also isn't
what I'm looking for from you.

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Comments

jimbo May 21, 2003	And the bit remaining is E which stands for Easy!
Codammanus May 21, 2003	Cut em some slack Jimbo. This was a first. Congratulations! And it was math related (your specialty)..Well...sort of math related. Kudos to you kid. (You better be a kid).
(user deleted) May 22, 2003	if its 3 then its kinda wrong... if u look at it, its only missing the other middle...if it was suppose to be what u say, then it would look like a backwards E kinda
CocoaPuff May 30, 2003	Cute.
cat_madukuk May 30, 2003	i hate to be all logic and stuff but tecnically its not 3 cos da no 3 is about 2/3's of 8 soz to b all goody goody pizz don't hate me
cat_madukuk May 30, 2003	soz to keep goin on but i agree with moosdfsd
Zazzar Jun 15, 2003	I kind of felt that, without a question mark, it became more of a "statement". ...and it stated that "What" is half of 8.
Piffle Jun 15, 2003	clever!
Piffle Jun 15, 2003	(meaning the teaser)
Funkeman Jun 15, 2003	you people are way to picky it was a good riddle just leave it at that. Dont get all technical with it.
sftbll4l Jun 15, 2003	You all are just being too picky because you are mad that you didn't guess it right ....just trying to make yourselves look good and smart
LilyBell Jun 15, 2003	I like it! Although, I thought it was 1x4. I didn't give it much thought.
dsquared Jun 15, 2003	I thought it was great. Well done. You picky ones... sheesh! ... and some people reckon us editors are picky. ;P
egghead Jun 16, 2003	that was really cool.i thought it must be g since half of eight is g!! really superb
jacintan Jun 16, 2003	I didn't think of that one!
(user deleted) Jun 23, 2003	how is halph oph eight a g?
(user deleted) Jun 15, 2004	some of you are way to picky. if the editors didn't think that the answer fit and that 3 was 2/3 of 8, the why did the accept this one? you need to lighten up. i actually thought that the answer was clever. i was thinking four. i wouldn't have thought to litterally divide 8 in half.
ajoauk Jun 15, 2004	I thought it was 4 cos techinically 2x2 is 2x2 not 4. but thats just me
Shirl Jun 15, 2004	You all are getting to technical. It was a good brain teaser if you just didn't think to deep.
lucylizzy Jun 16, 2004	WOW I actually got it!
ThisIsLynne Jun 16, 2004	Good one! The riddle said it wasn't 0, so I knew it wasn't cut in half horizontally. Pretty clever that it was cut in half vertically!
vbfreak55 Jun 22, 2004	I thought it was 16 because on a calculator, if you punch in 8 divided by .5, then you get 16. oh well, everybody looks at it differently. i think there could be many answers to this one.
iconofsin Mar 16, 2005	I get it.
facr_1 Dec 17, 2005	The teaser is wrong! The answer is 4. 4 is not a zero or 2x2. And if the answer was 3 couldn't it also be an E. Besides, 3 looks like a little bit more than half an 8
Winner4600 Feb 25, 2006	MULTIPLICATION TABLES!!! 2 times 2 equals 4!
ArgenRaquet May 24, 2007	Very tricky....fooled me. By the way, if you put this problem on the calculator you would put 8 TIMES .5 because "of" always stands for multiplication...
Jessrox97 Oct 02, 2007	Could've been 6 if u cut it diagonally... sorta.
pating Oct 23, 2007	Could have been a 5 if you remove the upper right part and the lower left part! (Or is it an S?)
drwdrw Aug 13, 2008	GOTCHA! But how about "x" n 8= X U
zxyggrhyn Aug 23, 2008	If it's n, x and u, the question would have been: '8 was divided into three, but it gave not 8/3 to thee. What will the result be?' or something. But never mind. Anyways, this is a very familiar teaser and I'm proud my brain still works here.
bradon182001 Aug 23, 2008	I liked it. I was tricked. Thanks for posting.
doehead Aug 23, 2008	No matter how you comment,the whole thing was pretty stupid!!!
bestgirl Aug 23, 2008	It doesn't say it has to be a number. I cut it horizonally and got an o.
phyllisa Aug 23, 2008	I was thinking of words, like FOUR but no "0" so I though FOR, oh well, it got me thinking!!!!
phyllisa Aug 23, 2008	I was thinking of words, like FOUR but no "O" so I thought FOR - anyway, it got me thinking.
icestar12 Aug 23, 2008	haha... that was... SOOOO EASY! I GOT THAT AFTER LIKE 5 SECONDS (literally... FIVE seconds)
jcann Aug 23, 2008	I got it right away (well, I had to think it through a little) and I thought it was fun! It says that it's a trick question--not a math teaser. Also, I was impressed with the way the riddle was written. Good job!
avonma Aug 23, 2008	I agree with icann - it IS a good teaser and fun, too!
Jazzy_Sammy_13 Aug 23, 2008	Cute! I liked it!
KarateGirl098 Aug 23, 2008	Heh- I thought it was eig or ei. xD you know- eight?
NDYApeacock Aug 23, 2008	Easy, but good! I got it on my 2nd or 3rd guess.
UptheHill Aug 23, 2008
carolyns Aug 24, 2008	Good clues! I got it right away. Thank You!!!
gaylewolf Aug 23, 2011	This one didn't appeal to me - maybe it's too early! Have a wonderful day, friends!
rockstar1009 Aug 23, 2011	I got it rather quickly (the 0 clue gave it away - it just indicated I should divide the 8 the otherway). Fun but easy. However, are people really this picky? 3 is the correct answer. Yes, there's a remainder, so you could also claim Epsilon (in lowercase form) as an answer. Either are correct, but the implication is that the teaser is looking for a number. 2x2 is indeed meant to express 4, used as a synonym for rhyming purposes. The category is TRICK, afterall, and the solution is simple. I still don't get why people get so upset over getting stumped and need to attack the puzzle or creator rather than accept defeat and learn to grow from it.
crazy10man Aug 23, 2011	There is no one, single obvious answer to this teaser, that's why folks are getting "picky". Technically, if you cut 8 in half, you get E3, so you can chose either side, or both, as your answer. Or the letter O, since that's not the number 0. Too many answers, but a clever idea.
here2 Aug 23, 2011	I liked it. I thought I was really smart and then I read no zero. A moment later and I caught back up. Thanks, = p
Sneakattack Aug 23, 2011	Good teaser. I got it in an instant.
auntiesis Aug 23, 2011	Not fun, not cute, and didn't get it or like it. Sorry, that doesn't happen too often.
snowmonster Aug 23, 2011	Very cute!
Mandy7 Aug 23, 2011	got that on first try, kinda easy
MagicPurple Aug 28, 2011	I looked on the E side instead of 3. Oh well.