Question: 2 into 4 is equal to?
Answer: The expression of division using the word "into" comes from the form: "Two goes into four how many times?" Answer: two. Dividing 2 by 4 means breaking(dividing) 2 into 4 equal parts ( 0.5 each). My experience of "divide [number] into [number]" was solely as regional spoken idiom. In different math textbooks used ca.