If you keep doubling me, I’ll never reach 100, but if you keep halving me, I can surpass 1. What am I?
Category: Math · Difficulty: hard
Hint: Think about numbers between 0 and 1.
Answer
0.5
Explanation
0.5 can be doubled to 1, 2, 4, but never reaches 100, while repeated halving will go below 1.
This is a hard math riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is 0.5.
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