Question

how can $500 be divided between two people so that one person gets $50 more than the other?

Answer 1

well half of 500 is 250 so one person gets 300$ and the other gets 250$

Answer 2

Here's how to do it. Split the money in half. Then take $25 from one pile and put it in the other pile. Give one pile to each person. One will have $225 and the other will have 275.