A hole is usually taken to be the absence of 1 so a hole and a half is a negative half or -1/2.
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5 1/2 is 11/2 as an improper fraction
No because a 1/2 is a proper fraction
3/2
A half as a fraction is 1/2. There are 4 half units in two whole units = 4/2 so 4/2 +1/2 = 5/2 5/2 is the improper fraction.
As a fraction it is 1/2 (half), as a decimal 0.5