What do YOU think 550 divided by two is?

Social media users were baffled to discover that 550 divided by two equals 275.

Baffled numerophiles who challenged mental mathematics have expressed their disdain for the calculation, and that it does not equal 225.

Tweets, memes and Reddit threads around the world are sharing the ‘bad news’ and revealing that some were ‘years from today’ when they realized the real answer to the split problem.

Others express overwhelmed grief that the solution does not equal 225.

Social media users are baffled to discover that 550 divided by two equals 275, and not 225 as many seem to instinctively assume.

a Twitter account @he happened posted a meme image showing two figures picking up a third on a stretcher, with one asking, “What happened to him?”

The second man replies, ‘He found out that 550/2 is not 225.’

The image quickly went viral, with 105,000 people liking the post on Twitter and many sharing their own confusion on the platform.

Another person on the site asked, “How old were you when you first found out that 550 divided by 2 is not 225?”

Tweets, memes and Reddit threads around the world are sharing the ‘bad news’ and revealing that some were ‘years from today’ when they realized the true answer to the divisive problem.

A second math buff from Pakistan also shared the revelation, calling it a “reality check.”

Elsewhere, a disoriented cross-country driver from Panama was also unimpressed by the result, writing: ‘I have breaking news! 550 divided by 2 is not 225.’

A person from Zimbabwe simply proclaimed: ‘550 divided by 2 should be = 225’.

According to the social networking site. know your memethe split issue started to puzzle users on Vietnamese Facebook pages around 2019.

The number chaos has gone viral when Rishi Sunak’s ‘great idea’ to make maths compulsory until the age of 18 was derided as a ‘dead cat’ to distract from the NHS crisis and winter of discontent.

In his first major speech as Prime Minister this afternoon, the Prime Minister promised to equip children for the ‘jobs of the future’ by tackling the UK’s high literacy rates.

Young people will be forced to take ‘some form’ of Maths delivered through new courses or existing qualifications such as A-levels, T-levels and Core Maths. For most, driving is likely to involve practical skills rather than algebra.

But opposition parties dismissed the initiative as “empty” and an “admission of failure”, while conservatives urged Sunak to focus on tackling illegal immigration.

Numbers chaos ensues as Rishi Sunak’s ‘great idea’ to make mathematics compulsory until the age of 18 was ridiculed as a ‘dead cat’ today. Pictured: The PM outside Downing Street

Attempting to make a virtue of his own privileged education at the elite public school Winchester College, the prime minister is expected to say: ‘This is personal to me. Every opportunity I have had in life started with the education I was lucky enough to receive.

‘And it’s the most important reason I went into politics: to give every child the highest possible level of education.

‘Thanks to the reforms we’ve introduced since 2010 and the hard work of so many great teachers, we’ve made incredible progress.

‘With the right plan, the right commitment to excellence, I see no reason why we can’t rival the best education systems in the world.’

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