Let's see. Eight halves is the same as 8/2. 1 and 2/6 is also the same as 8/6. 8/2 does not equal 8/6.
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two sixths.
1 minus five sixths equals one sixth
Each whole is two halves, so eight wholes are sixteen halves. Adding one half makes the total seventeen halves. Reducing this, of course, is simply eight and one-half.
They are equal.
Oh yes, one third is quite a bit smaller than five sixths. To compare, we can convert one third into two sixths. So five sixths is fully three sixths (equal to one half) larger than a third.