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Question 130871: What is one half of 14? Show work - please.
Answer by cngriffith(27) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is one half of 14?
one half can be written as 1/2.
"of" means to multiply. This gives this problem 1/2x14
1/2 x 14/1 Make 14 a fraction by writing it over 1.
Now this equals 14/2 To get 14/2 multiply the numerators(top numbers) together then multiply the denominators(bottom numbers) together. Then reduce the fraction to get 7. To reduce, divide the top and the bottom by 2.
1/2 x 14 = 7