One half billion divided by 16 is 31,250.
1/16
1/16 (half of 1/4 is 1/8; half of 1/8 is 1/16)
two-fourths = one-half one-half of 16 = 8 or (2 divided by 4) x 16 = 0.5 x 16 = 8
16
16
16
1/16 is half of 1/8
16 multiplied by one-half = 8
16
16
16 and one half is a simple as its going to get, unless you want to consider a single fraction, in which case it is 33 / 2.