Okay, so yesterday I started messing around with this idea of going from 100 down to 20. Sounds simple, right? Well, let me tell you, it turned into a whole thing.
First off, I thought, “I’ll just subtract 80, easy peasy.” But then I started thinking, what if I break it down, make it a bit more, I don’t know, interesting? So, I decided to get a bit creative with it.
I grabbed a piece of paper and a pen – yeah, old school, I know – and started jotting down some ideas. I was like, “What’s the biggest chunk I can take out without making it too complicated?” So, I started with dividing. 100 divided by 20, that’s 5. Okay, we’re getting somewhere, I thought.
- First Attempt: I tried to divide 100 by 20 directly.
Then I hit a bit of a snag. I realized I wasn’t really getting anywhere with just dividing. I needed something more, something to make it like a step-by-step thing, you know? So I thought, “Let’s try some different operations.”
- Changing Strategy: I decided to use a combination of operations.
I started subtracting and then multiplying, just to see what would happen. I subtracted 50 from 100, got 50. Then I multiplied that by 0.4 – don’t ask me why, it just felt right – and boom, I got 20. I was pretty stoked at this point, not gonna lie.
- Experimenting: Subtracted 50 from 100, then multiplied the result by 0.4.
But then I thought, “Is this the only way? Can I make it even cooler?” So I started playing around with percentages. I was like, “What percentage of 100 is 20?” Turns out, it’s 20%. So then I thought, “Okay, let’s work backwards.”
- Exploring Percentages: Found out that 20 is 20% of 100.
I took 100 and tried to reduce it by different percentages, step by step, until I hit 20. It was a bit of trial and error, I won’t lie. I tried reducing it by 10%, then 20%, just playing around with numbers. It felt like I was cracking a code or something, pretty fun.
- Trial and Error: Tried reducing 100 by different percentages to see what worked.
After a bunch of scribbling and crossing out, I finally found a way. I reduced 100 by 20%, got 80. Then reduced that 80 by 75%, and guess what? I landed on 20 again! It was such a satisfying moment, like solving a puzzle.
- The Solution: Reduced 100 by 20% to get 80, then reduced 80 by 75% to reach 20.
So yeah, that’s how my simple idea of going from 100 to 20 turned into this whole adventure. It was a good reminder that sometimes the most straightforward things can be way more interesting when you dig a little deeper. Plus, it was a fun way to kill a few hours, and I ended up with a cool little math story to tell. Who knew, right?
