👉 Discanting is a term used in mathematics to denote the process of reducing a number by repeatedly dividing it by 2. This method can be applied to both positive and negative numbers, as well as zero. For example: - If we start with the number 10 (which is 5), the first step would be to divide it by 2, which gives us 5/2 = 2.5. - Then we would repeat this process for each subsequent number from -