Chapter One... A Decade was created on 2001-10-02.
One half.
half of one whole = 5/10
One whole.
One half is a whole of one half. 1:1.
One half of a whole, which is 1 x (1/2) which is 1/2
One half.
Half and half is called that because it's half cream and half milk.
We're hoping that nobody ever taught you that every fraction has a "whole number" connected to it somehow. It doesn't. Let's put it as simply as we can: If you have one half of a pizza, then how many whole pizzas is that ? And if you have one half of a dollar, then how many whole dollars is that ? One half is just what it says . . . one half. There is no whole number for it. You'd need to get another half from somewhere and put them together just to make the smallest whole number there is.
13/15 is closest to one whole rather than one half.
One half doubled will give you a whole or one.
1 half