Value

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Matthew 10:29-31

Here we see two sparrows sold for a farthing. A farthing back in that day was the name of a small coin. Sparrows were bought and sold very cheaply then but you had to catch them all first. Figure then, what the cost of one sparrow would have been.

Sparrow|sparrow/farthing

or

sparrow/ same farthing and sparrow/ same farthing

Don't forget it's the same farthing though, just split between two sparrows. In other words, it would be:

sparrow/far and sparrow/thing

or

2/1

which would be

two that goes into one.

Basically, it's like division only into one. Alright then, the farthing can be further broken down into half, third, quarter, even smaller, to infinity and beyond which I imagine almost anybody losing their mind can currently relate to. Do you know what it would be? If you don't, that's okay. We'll do this one together.

1/(1/2) or 1/0.5

Therefore, the cost of the sparrow is one half a farthing. If the farthing equaled a dollar in today's world, the cost would be fifty cents or 0.50. If a farthing equaled something small in your currency, what would that be? Alright, then figure half of that and tell me what that is and how to write it. Don't forget to add the two sparrows back on at the end though. After all, it's a package deal.

1/2 farthing plus 1/2 equals a whole.

Then one sparrow and one sparrow makes two. It's a two for one, if you will. Who can resist a good bargain? Let's try that again.

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

Luke 12:6

There's five sparrows spread into two farthings again. Merciful goodness, these package deals just keep getting better and better.

5/2

sparrow, sparrow, sparrow, sparrow, sparrow/farthing, farthing

There's got to be an easier way to deal with this. I could just go 5 into 2 and divide it that way. I really need to find the individual price of the sparrow if you don't mind.

sparrow, sparrow, spar/farthing and sparrow, sparrow, row/farthing

The most obvious solution I see would be to divide it up nice and evenly up top so I have two sparrows for each farthing and then a half. It would look something like this:

2.5/1 or (2/5)/1

Now how much for one sparrow?

Divide the sparrows up top again.

2 sparrows makes four half sparrows then add in the other one.

There's 5 half sparrows total.

that will be 5 half sparrow/one farthing, 5/1

which can be written as 5/5 and still makes one.

Therefore, the cost of the half sparrow is 1/5 of a farthing.

The whole sparrow would be

1/5 plus 1/5

which would be 2/5 of a farthing.

Two sparrows would be

2/5 plus 2/5 makes 4/5

then add the half sparrow in which is 4/5 plus 1/5 makes 5/5 or one farthing.

Three sparrows is 5/5 plus 1/5 which would be 6/5 or 1 and a 1/5.

Four sparrows is 5/5 plus 3/5 which would be 8/5 or 1 and 3/5

Five sparrows then makes 5/5 plus 5/5 which would be 10/5 or 2 farthings once more.

Have you still your mind yet or is it all in pieces over you?