Math Trick #2- Halving Even Numbers With Odd

This trick is very simple. To figure the half of an even number can be easy, but other times harder. When dividing a two-digit even number, all you have to do is half both numbers. What if the first number is an odd number? This does not make it an odd number all together. You use the method of borrowing in subtraction to help you out, but you will never subtract. Let's say the number is 56. When you use that method, one less than 5 is 4, so you change the first part to a 4. Then bring over your one in front the six, to make it sixteen. Half of 4 is 2, and half of 16 is 8, so your answer is 28. Now I know 56 divided by 2 is 28.