One half of 3 is one and a half, also written as 1.5 and 1 1/2.
3
one half
1 subtracted by 3 and one half = -2
Three quarters (3/4) is half of One and one half (1 1/2)
3 and one half is one fourth (1/4) bigger than 3 and one fourths.
3/4
3
One and a half divided in half is 3/4
1.75
one half
3
One third of a pound and a half is a half pound.
1 subtracted by 3 and one half = -2
Three quarters (3/4) is half of One and one half (1 1/2)
One-half times three gives three halves (3/2), which is the same as one and one-half.
The ratio is 2/3: One foot can be expressed as 2 half-feet and one and a half feet can be expressed at 3 half-feet.
Half of any amount is still a 'half' In mathematics the word 'of' is the equivalent of the symbol X or 'times' so it follows that a half of a half is 1/2 X 1/2 so the answer is 1/4 or one quarter.