if you square a half you get a quarter.
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one sixteenth 1/16
1/4 (1/2) squared = 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4
1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5
One half squared equals one fourth because when you multiply one half by one half you get one fourth. This is the equivalent of saying that half of one half is one fourth.