Hallo! This is my first story(that I've posted here, anyway). I know it's bad, but I got the idea from someone. I think her name is the bSinging Maiden...? The dialogue parts don't belong to me, nor does Hetalia. It'd be great if you could, y'know, review and stuff. Critique would be awesome.
Anyway, I'll be quiet now.
"During WWII, a math problem was considered so difficult to solve that the Allies wanted to drop leaflets of it on Germany so the German scientists would waste their time too."
It was World War II. The Allies were stressed. Despite the constant meetings between the countries, not much was getting done. So, when the US of A entered the conference room(late as usual) with a grim look on his face, the others immediately gave him their full attention. America walked to the front of the room, completely silent. He took a deep breath and, in a deadpan, asked:
"Sooooo...what happens when you divide by zero?" The other countries simply stared. Was he serious? Then again, it was America...
"Well, let's see." England responded, deciding to humor him. Taking out five scones from who-knows-where, he placed them on the table. "If, let's say, we divide all these scones between no one-"
"Because no one wants them."
"There will be five scones left." England continued in a slightly louder voice, ignoring France's interruption. "So the answer for five divided by zero is five." Russia tilted his head at this in thought.
"But five divided by one equals five, da?" France ignored this, giving his own response.
"Five multiplied by zero is zero, so going backward would be five divided by zero is zero."
"Aiya! No, no, no aru!" China snapped. "There's no one to share it with, so you can't divide it in the first place!"
"But we just did!" England shouted back.
"China, we got it!" said France triumphantly. "The answer is 0, no?"
"Zero is still a number!" was the reply. "I said 'can't divide'!"
The Allies fell silent, each trying to figure it out on their own. Finally America, who had mercifully remained quiet the entire time, grinned. "Yo guys! I think I, the hero, have an idea..."
~.~.~.~.~
Later that same day, leaflets began to rain down all over Germany. Bending down to pick one up, the country's brow furrowed. "Hmm? What is this?" Japan, who was standing nearby, looked at the paper in his hand.
"A maths equation?" he asked in confusion
"Ve? Why are we dividing England's scones between no one in the first place?" Italy sounded completely bemused. "No one wants them~!"
