Halve It

A Maths Starter of The Day

Start with 100.
Halve it to get 50
Halve it to get 25

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Answers

100
50
25
12.5
6.25
3.125
1.5625
0.78125
0.390625
0.1953125
0.09765625
0.048828125
0.0244140625
0.01220703125
0.006103515625
0.0030517578125
0.00152587890625
0.000762939453125
3.814697265625E-04
1.9073486328125E-04
9.5367431640625E-05
4.76837158203125E-05
2.38418579101563E-05
1.19209289550781E-05
5.96046447753906E-06
2.98023223876953E-06
1.49011611938477E-06
7.45058059692383E-07
3.72529029846191E-07
1.86264514923096E-07
9.31322574615479E-08
4.65661287307739E-08
2.3283064365387E-08
1.16415321826935E-08
5.82076609134674E-09
2.91038304567337E-09
1.45519152283669E-09
7.27595761418343E-10
3.63797880709171E-10
1.81898940354586E-10
9.09494701772928E-11
4.54747350886464E-11
2.27373675443232E-11
1.13686837721616E-11
5.6843418860808E-12
2.8421709430404E-12
1.4210854715202E-12
7.105427357601E-13
3.5527136788005E-13
1.77635683940025E-13
8.88178419700125E-14