1/2 = 4/8
4/8 minus 2/8 = 2/8 = 1/4
Answer: 1 quarter
half of 2/8 = 1/8
1/4/2 = 1/8 -- I read it as "What is half of 2¼?" If so: 2¼ / 2 = 1 1/8
"Half" is the same as 1/2. To calculate how many eighths are in a half, compare 1/2 to 1/8. The denominator of 1/2, 2, will go into the denominator of 1/8, 8, 4 times (8 divided by 2). So there are 4 eighths in a half.
1/2 / 1/8 = 1/2 * 8/1 = 8/2 = 4.
1/2 and 1/8 have different denominators. If I (or you) were to change 1/2 into 4/8, which I (or you) can do because 4/8 is a half and a half is 1/2. Basically 4/8=1/2. But if we change 1/2 to 4/8 and left 1/8 as 1/8, they would both be like fractions.
2 and a half - 3 over 8 = 2 1/8
7/8 is half of 1 and 3/4 ( of anything )
1/2 : 1/2 = 1/4 1/4 : 1/2 = 1/8 (one eigths)
It is one eighth.1/8. It is 1/2*1/2*1/2
1/2 of 2/8 is 1/8.
8 over one and one half in simplest form = 8 1/2 or 17/2 8/1 + 1/2 = 16/2 + 1/2 = 17/2
They're the same: 1/2*1/4=1/8 1/4*1/2=1/8