Okay, so I saw this question floating around, “What is 1 of 500000?” and I was like, “Huh, that’s simple enough, I can figure that out.” It’s really just basic math, but I figured I’d actually walk through it, just for kicks.
My Little Experiment
First, I grabbed my phone, you know, to use the calculator. I could do it in my head, probably, but why bother when there’s an app for that? I typed in “1” and then divided it by “500000”.
I wanted to really, really get clear result. So, to walk through the calculation.
- Start simple: I thought of it like this: “What’s 1 divided by 5?” That’s 0.2, right? Easy peasy.
- Add a zero: Then I tried 1 divided by 50. Still pretty easy, that’s 0.02.
- Keep going: 1 divided by 500 is 0.002. See the pattern? We’re just adding a zero to the decimal each time.
- Get to the big number: So, I kept adding zeros until I got to 500,000. That’s five zeros total.
Finally, I get the result for 1 divided by 500000, bam the anwser is 0.000002.
So there you have it. It’s just a super tiny number. Nothing too complicated, but it’s always fun to check, right?
