Question

What decimal is represented by 1/2?

Answer 1

The decimal that represent 1/2 is 0.5

Answer 2

Answer: 0.5

Step-by-step explanation: In order to write 1/2 as a decimal, we need to find a fraction equivalent to 1/2 with a denominator of 10.

Notice that if we multiply the numerator and denominator of 1/2 by 5, we get the equivalent fraction 5/10 which we can now write as a decimal.

Since the tenths place is one place to the right of the decimal, we can write 5/10 as the decimal 0.5.

Therefore, 1/2 can be written as the decimal 0.5.