1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4
...but if you multiply a whole number by a half the result decreases. Half of anything is less than that thing!
96.3
Thirteen
8
Divide by 2. Multiply by 0.5 Multiply by 1/2
Multiply it by 100.
227*0.5
You get 3 quarters of a number by multiplying the number by .75; or you can multiply it by .25 and then multiply the product by 3. Or, you can multiply the number by 3, and then divide the product by 4.Half it and half it again. Then times it by 3
you multiply length times width and if its a triangle you multiply length times width and divide by two or cut in half (:
The answer is 6. Multiply one half by twelve over one. and you get 6!
Divide by 2 or multiply by 1/2 to divide inches in half.
The number .5 means half. So, if you take half of something, that is less than the entire thing, right? And half of half is a quarter. Multiplication only makes numbers larger when you multiply numbers that are greater than one. If you multiply by one the number doesn't change. If you multiply by less than one, you make the number smaller.