Question

What part of 3 12 is 1/2 ? I need this asap

Answer 1

I assume you are asking one of three things, so I will answer all of them.

if you are asking what is 1/2 of 312, then multiply 312 by 1/2. 312 is really just 312/1, so
$312 \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{312}{1} \times \frac{1}{2}$
we multiply fractions by multiplying straight across
$\frac{312 \times 1}{1 \times 2} = \frac{312}{2} = 156$


if you were asking what part of 3 1/2 is 1/2 then we have to recognize what 3 1/2 is as an improper fraction. to do this, we convert 3 into halves. how many halves of pizza are there in 3 whole pizzas? 6. so we have 6 halves and one half, which is a total of 7 halves.
$\frac{6}{2} + \frac{1}{2} = \frac{7}{2}$
now, we do the same thing as the first problem
$\frac{7}{2} \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{7 \times 1}{2 \times 2} = \frac{7}{4}$

if you were asking what is half of 3.12, then we convert 1/2 to a decimal and multiply
$\frac{1}{2} = .5 \\ 3.12 \times .5 = 1.56$