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What is 1/2 divided by 3?

Answer
1/2 ÷ 3 = 16
Fraction
16
Decimal
0.16 ≈ 0.166667
Percent
16.6667%

Step by step

  1. Write each number as a fraction
    3 = 3/1
  2. Keep, change, flip
    Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, and flip the second fraction upside down:
    1/2 ÷ 3/1 = 1/2 × 1/3
  3. Multiply the tops, then the bottoms
    (1 × 1)/(2 × 3) = 1/6

Check: 1/6 × 3 = 1/2 ✓

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1/2
3
= 1/6

Each bar is one whole, split into equal parts.

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    What is 1/2 divided by 3?

    1/2 divided by 3 is 1/6. As a decimal it's 0.166667.

    How do you work out 1/2 ÷ 3?

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