No, one half is not greater than three.
One half is just a half of the number one, and since one is already lower than three, you can deduce that one half is not greater than three.
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no, three eights is one eighth less than one half. Imagine it as a pizza with eight slices. If you take 3, there is still one more piece left in your half.
To compare fractions convert them to equivalent fractions having the same denominator. 1/2 = 4/8. By comparison of the numerators it can be seen that 4/8 is greater than 3/8. Therefore 1/2 is greater than 3/8.
One half refers to 0.5 mathematically whereas three fifths refers to 0.6 and hence one half is smaller than three fifths.
I have heard of a cheese grater but never a one half grater.But the answer to the question that you probably wanted to ask but didn't, is:No, one half is not greater than three fourths.
one half equals 0.5 and one quarter equals 0.25. 0.25 * 3 equals 0.75. 0.75 ( 3 quarters ) is greater than 0.5 ( 1 half )