1/2 of 1/16 is 1/32
It is closer to a half. 9/16=0.5625
1/2 of 1/8 = 1/16
3 1/16 rounded to nearesr half inch i2 3
1/2
1/16 (half of 1/4 is 1/8; half of 1/8 is 1/16)
3/16 is 0.1875 one half is 0.5, while 2 over 1 is 2. Therefore, one half is closer.
Half of 3/16 is 3/32
(1/2) x (5/8) = 5/16
11/16 or 11 over 16
(1/2) / (1/16) = (1/2) * (16/1) division equals multiplication by the inverse and the inverse of 1/16 is 16/1.= 16/2 = 8Another way to look at it is: 16 sixteenths make one. So half of them make a half ie 8 sixteenths make a half.
5 over 16 is half of 5 over 8
if i understand correctly..then if 16 is 1 third, then 16*3 = 48, and the half of that is 24.