how to figure out what half of 11 3/8oz

Question

how to figure out what half of 11 3/8oz is

Answer 1

This is how I thought about answering the question.

 

half of 11 is 5 and 1/2-  hold on to that thought.

 

half of 3/8ths comes out too complicated.  BUT if I double both those numbers (keeping them equivalent)  (6/16) and then half that, (3/16) I can get a number to work with.

 

I put the 5 1/2 together with the 3/16.  I know that 1/2 is the same as 8/16, and I put that with the 3/16. It's a different way to think about the same solution mentioned previously.  5 + 8/16 +3/16

Thinking Mathematically when you are answering questions is a good way to really understand the problems you are working. There are probably other ways to think about how to solve it too!

 

 

 

Answer 2

Turn the mixed number into an improper fraction. Then divide by 2 & reduce the answer to the lowest terms.