0.5 as a fraction
The fraction equivalent of 0.5 is 1/2.
To express 0.5 as a fraction, you can convert it into a fraction where the denominator is 10 raised to the power of the number of decimal places.
0.5 has one decimal place, so we can write it as 5/10. However, this can be further simplified by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which in this case is 5.
Dividing 5 by 5 and 10 by 5 gives us 1/2.
Therefore, 0.5 can be written as the fraction 1/2.
To express 0.5 as a fraction, you can follow these steps:
Step 1: Write down the decimal number as the numerator (top number) of the fraction. In this case, 0.5 is the decimal number.
Step 2: Determine the denominator (bottom number) of the fraction. In decimal form, 0.5 represents half of a whole, so the denominator is 2.
Therefore, the fraction equivalent to 0.5 is 1/2.