Question 130871
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