3/4
One half
8 and one quarter add 8 and a half = 16
4\2
three quarters. one half (two quarters) and one quarter = three quarters.
three quarters
It is 2 and 1/4 or 2.25
five quarters one and a quarter 1/2 x 2/2 = 2/4 2/4 + 3/4 = 5/4
2
It is four and one half.
One eighth is a half of one quarter - if that is what the question was.
One half (1/2), plus a quarter (1/4), equals 3/4. Remember One half is the same as 2 quarters, so its the same as adding 2/4 + 1/4
Half of one and a quarter is five eighths (5/8).