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What is 1/2 divided by 2?

Answer
1/2 ÷ 2 = 14
Fraction
14
Decimal
0.25
Percent
25%

Step by step

  1. Write each number as a fraction
    2 = 2/1
  2. Keep, change, flip
    Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, and flip the second fraction upside down:
    1/2 ÷ 2/1 = 1/2 × 1/2
  3. Multiply the tops, then the bottoms
    (1 × 1)/(2 × 2) = 1/4

Check: 1/4 × 2 = 1/2 ✓

Picture

1/2
2
= 1/4

Each bar is one whole, split into equal parts.

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    What is 1/2 divided by 2?

    1/2 divided by 2 is 1/4. As a decimal it's 0.25.

    How do you work out 1/2 ÷ 2?

    Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, flip the second fraction, then multiply and simplify. The steps above show each line.