How is half of 10 5? /u/DumbassAnonymous1 No such thing as stupid questions

I have dyscalculia and I’ve always wondered this question but I’ve always felt too embarrassed to actually ask someone to explain it to me because I know it sounds stupid but the math isn’t mathing in my brain.

The reason why I’m confused is because in my brain I’m wondering why there is no actual middle number between 1 and 10 because each side of the halves of 10 is even. I get how it makes 10, that’s not where I’m confused.

Here’s a visual of how my brain works and why I’m confused with this question:

One half is 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and the other half is 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

If 5 is half then why is it not even on both sides? Before 5 there’s only 4 numbers; 1, 2, 3, and 4. But on the other side of 5 there’s 5 numbers; 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Please be kind, I genuinely don’t know the answer and I’m already embarrassed asking this question in real life which is why I’m asking this anonymously. I know half of 10 being 5 is supposed to make sense but I just don’t understand it and would like it explained to me in simple terms or even given a visual of how it works if possible.

Edit: Thank you so much everyone for explaining it! I didn’t realize you were supposed to include the 5 in the first half since in my head it was supposed to be the middle. I think I may have mixed up even numbers with odd numbers and thought that if something is even it has to be even on both sides of a singular number for that to be the middle number.

I have dyscalculia and I’ve always wondered this question but I’ve always felt too embarrassed to actually ask someone to explain it to me because I know it sounds stupid but the math isn’t mathing in my brain.

The reason why I’m confused is because in my brain I’m wondering why there is no actual middle number between 1 and 10 because each side of the halves of 10 is even. I get how it makes 10, that’s not where I’m confused.

Here’s a visual of how my brain works and why I’m confused with this question:

One half is 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and the other half is 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

If 5 is half then why is it not even on both sides? Before 5 there’s only 4 numbers; 1, 2, 3, and 4. But on the other side of 5 there’s 5 numbers; 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Please be kind, I genuinely don’t know the answer and I’m already embarrassed asking this question in real life which is why I’m asking this anonymously. I know half of 10 being 5 is supposed to make sense but I just don’t understand it and would like it explained to me in simple terms or even given a visual of how it works if possible.

Edit: Thank you so much everyone for explaining it! I didn’t realize you were supposed to include the 5 in the first half since in my head it was supposed to be the middle. I think I may have mixed up even numbers with odd numbers and thought that if something is even it has to be even on both sides of a singular number for that to be the middle number.