1/2 of 5 is 2.5
1/2 = a half .5 = a half
.5 miles
One half is one half. It can be written as a fraction (1/2) or a decimal (.5)
A half written as a decimal is 0.5
decimal
We write .5 or 0.5 as the decimal for one half.
1/2 as a decimal number is written as 0.5 (equivalent to 5/10, which clearly reduces to 1/2)
.5 which is half because 5 it half of 10.
5/20 written in decimal = 0.25
720.5
1.5
12.5