# Divide 30 by half, then add 10: visual puzzle | SwaVid

Divide 30 by half, then add 10. What do you get? See the complete step-by-step solution.

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# Divide 30 by half, then add 10

## 70.

### Read the words carefully

### Divide by a fraction

### Add 10

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Divide 30 by half, then add 10. What do you get?

Detailed solution

Dividing by half is not the same as halving. Dividing by ½ doubles the number.

"Divide by half" means divide by the fraction ½.

Dividing by ½ is the same as multiplying by 2.

Finish the calculation.

Reading it as "divide 30 in half" gives 15 + 10 = 25. The tiny word "by" changes everything.

- 1 Read the words carefully "Divide by half" means divide by the fraction ½. 30 ÷ ½
- 2 Divide by a fraction Dividing by ½ is the same as multiplying by 2. 30 × 2 = 60
- 3 Add 10 Finish the calculation. 60 + 10 = 70

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