Question

how it is 2/4 of 1/2 didn't understand​

Answer 1

Answer:

The question being answered is: In math, is 1/2 the same as 2/4? Is it the same in measurements? I'm bad at fractions, always have.

Short answer: Yes, it is.

Long answer:

To understand fractions, there are some basics that must be understood first. I apologize if this answer seems at times to be condescending, but it is not; I assure you that I am trying to explain things as simply as possible so that you understand what fractions are while avoiding math-related terms that just make things harder to understand.

First things first; a fraction is best described as “part of a whole”. Simply put, how many parts make up “one”.

1 = 1/1

1 = 2/2

1 = 3/3

...and so forth.

You know how gold purity is measured in karats (kt)? Where 24kt is the purest gold?. Each kt is a fraction of one; 24kt = 24/24 or 24 out of 24 parts are gold.

18kt = 18/24 or 18 out of 24 parts are gold, while the remaining 6 parts are other metals.

Fractions can represent more than one whole number;

2/1 = 2

3/1 = 3

24/1 = 24

Here is the fun part; fractions can often be simplified.

If we look at our 18kt gold example, we see that we are talking about a fraction of 18/24. This number is a bit unwieldy, so we can try to simplify it; since both parts (top and bottom) are even numbers, we can always divide both by 2:

18/24 = 9/12

Just looking at 9/12, we know that both parts can be divided by three, thus:

9/12 = 3/4

Get it?

We could even express it as 6/8, 12/18, or even 75/100 and it is still the same as 18/24.

So 1/2 is the same as 2/4, 3/6, 4/8 or any top number which is half of the bottom number.