2.5/24 = 5/48
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A half life may or may not be a fraction. The half life of carbon 14, for example, is 5715 years - not really a fraction, unless you are thinking in terms time periods which are much longer than a year.
Half of an hour = 1/2 hour...(1) Hours in a day = 24 hours and 1 hour = 1/24 day...(2) From the above two results, we get Half of an hour = (1/2)/24 day = 1/48 day
To find the half of a fraction, multiply the given fraction by 1/2 or 0.5.
1/8
Half of 1 as a fraction is 1/2