Half of any amount is still a 'half' In mathematics the word 'of' is the equivalent of the symbol X or 'times' so it follows that a half of a half is 1/2 X 1/2 so the answer is 1/4 or one quarter.
1 and a 1/2
In a half Atwood machine where one mass is twice the other, the tension in the string is equal to half the weight of the heavier mass.
1 (one)
No, half of twice is once.
One half is greater than one quarter.
NO A fourth (quarter) is twice one eighth
twice as long as one half of the tongue
It's not half as much, it is twice as much. And it is twice as much, precisely because 2/3 is twice as much as 1/3.
One quarter means one fourth of something and you work it out by halving something twice half it half it again
Two and a half, surely.
One half. The diameter of a circle is always twice the radius.
No. Half of one tenth is 1/20. To get 1/5 take two 'one tenth's ie twice of one tenth is one fifth.