No it's 50% of the whole, in other word if the whole is 2, 1/2 is 1.
a half. the half acts as a whole so you are halfing a whole. so half of a half is a half. A 1/2 of a 1/2 = 1/4.
One half of a whole, which is 1 x (1/2) which is 1/2
1 half plus 1 half equals a whole
1/2 = .5 1/2 is a half a whole, and one whole number is 1. so half is 0.5
One half is a whole of one half. 1:1.
1/2+1/2 = 1, or one whole
1 whole and 1 8th
One quarter or 1/4.
2 is 2 wholes. It can be broken into two pieces of 1 whole. One of those two pieces is one whole. Half of 2 is 1.
2 halves make a whole. So if you have one half then you need another one to make it a whole. 1/2 + 1/2 = 1
Think of it like this, there are 2 cookies left for you and your friend. You want half of what is there. Half of 2 is 1, right? Half of 2 is not 1/2 because that would be half of 1. Two halves make one whole
2/3 to the nearest whole number is 1 2/3 to the nearest half is 1/2