Repeated exact halvings show remaining and decayed counts. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.
highlighted = computed this step
One half-life leaves forty
Starting count 80 after 1 exact half-life step leaves 40 and decays 40.
80÷2=40
Two half-lives leave twenty
Starting count 80 after 2 exact half-life steps leaves 20 and decays 60.
80÷4=20
Three half-lives leave ten
Starting count 80 after 3 exact half-life steps leaves 10 and decays 70.