If you subtract `1/2` from a number and multiply the result by `1/2` you get `1/8`. What is the number?

1.If you subtract 1/2 from a number and multiply the result by 1/2 , youget 1/8 , what is the number?

If you subtract (1)/(2) from a number and multiply the result by you get (1)/(8). What is the number?

If you subtract frac(1)(2) from a number and multiply the result by frac(1)(2) , you get frac(1)(8) . What is the number?

on subtracting 1/2 from a number and the result is multiplied by 1/2 ,we get 1/8 .Find that number.

If 1/2 is subtracted from a number and the difference is multiplied by 4, the result is 5. What is the number?

A boy was asked to add 3 to a certain number and to divide the sum by 2 , but he subtracted 2 from the number and multiplied it by 3 and got the same result. Find the number and the result.