One quarter or 1/4.
One half is a whole of one half. 1:1.
The term fraction means a part of the whole. So one half (1/2) is a fraction. The decimal 0.5 means a half and is also a fraction.
A half as a fraction is 1/2. There are 4 half units in two whole units = 4/2 so 4/2 +1/2 = 5/2 5/2 is the improper fraction.
1 and 5/8
A number represented by a whole number and a fraction (for example, 1 1/2 - one and a half) is called a mixed number.
1/2 of 18 is 9. It is a whole number, not a fraction!
2 and 1 half
a whole number with a fraction 1 and one half | 1/ | / 2
One quarter (1/4) is the fraction that is half of one half (1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4).
Every fraction that has the same number on top and bottom is equal to one whole. 1/2 is a half. 1/3 is a third. 1/4 is a quarter. 1/5 is a fifth, and so on...
Half of 1 as a fraction is 1/2
The bottom half of a vulgar fraction, for example, 1/2 (one half), is called the denominator. The number denominates (designates) the number of parts in the whole.