-5 and a 1/2 as a decimal is -5.5
.5 is a decimal. It is also half of 1.
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0.5 or .5 is 1/2
1/2 = a half .5 = a half
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1/2 of 5 is 2.5
The decimal equivalent for one half (1/2) is 0.5 (1/2 == 5/10 --> 0.5)
0.5 is the decimal representation of one-half, or 1/2.
For a negative power of -k, the equivalent decimal is the decimal point followed by (k-1) zeros followed by 1.Thus 10^-5 = 0.00001
1/2, one half, .5, or .5%
It is: 12 and 1/5 = 12.5