Question

If you cut a 12-inch loaf of bread into1/2 -inch slices, you would have slices of bread.

Answer 1

You would have two six-inch slices of bread

Answer 2

12/(1/2)=12/1 x 2/1 = 24 slices 

In order to figure this out you have to divide by the size of the slices to find the number. since dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by the reciprocal(the opposite, flipping the fraction) we can determine that there are 24 1/2 in. slices.