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What is 1/2 divided by 4?

Answer
1/2 ÷ 4 = 18
Fraction
18
Decimal
0.125
Percent
12.5%

Step by step

  1. Write each number as a fraction
    4 = 4/1
  2. Keep, change, flip
    Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, and flip the second fraction upside down:
    1/2 ÷ 4/1 = 1/2 × 1/4
  3. Multiply the tops, then the bottoms
    (1 × 1)/(2 × 4) = 1/8

Check: 1/8 × 4 = 1/2 ✓

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1/2
4
= 1/8

Each bar is one whole, split into equal parts.

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    What is 1/2 divided by 4?

    1/2 divided by 4 is 1/8. As a decimal it's 0.125.

    How do you work out 1/2 ÷ 4?

    Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, flip the second fraction, then multiply and simplify. The steps above show each line.