What is 4 divided by 1/2?

Question

I thought that it was 8 just wanted to make sure. Great thanks all who answered.
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Answer 1

Division of fraction
a/b ÷ c/d = a/b x d/c

change the sign of division by multiplication and take a reciprocal of second fraction. then multiply numerator by numerator and denominator by denominator

4/1 ÷ 1/2 = 4/1 x 2/1 = 8/1 = 8

Hope this will help you .:)

Answer 2

8

Answer 3

4 / 1/2

= 4 * 2

= 8

Answer 4

How many 50 cent pieces are in $4? Same answer. People get confused by the difference between dividing something "in' half as opposed to dividing something by one half.
12/3 =4 because 3+3+3+3=12
4/(1/2) = 8 because 1/2+1/2+1/2+1/2+1/2+1/2+1/2+1/2=8
Multiplication and division are really just short hand ways of writing out multiple additions and subtractions. So when you are dividing one number by another what you are asking is how many times can you subtracted one from the other before you hit zero.

Answer 5

8; 1\2 + 1/2=1

Answer 6

4/1 divided by 1/2 =?
take the reciprocal of the second number and multiply:
4/1 * 2/1 = ?
four times two equals 8, the numerator
4/1 * 2/1 = 8/?
one times one equals one
4/1 * 2/1 = 8/1
simply by dividing 8 by 1
8/1 = 8
your answer is 8.

Answer 7

4/1/2

Flip the 1/2 fraction over:
4*2=8

Answer 8

When you divide by a fraction, what you're really doing is multiplying by its recipricol, so dividing by 1/2 is just like multipling by 2:

4/(1/2) = 4 * 2 = 8

The answer is 8

Answer 9

Invert the divisor and multiply: 4*2 = 8.

Answer 10

8 because there is 2 halfs in each whole so actualy your sayin 2 x 4 even though your dividing