how many half inches are in one inch

Question

How many inches are in one inch

Answer 1

There are 2  half-inches in one inch.

 

How do you know?

 

Any whole can be cut in half, and when you do that, there are 2 halves, whether that whole is a sandwich cut in half, an apple cut in half, or an inch cut in half.

 

Two halves of anything equals a whole 1 of that thing!

 

Hope this helps!

 

Matt in NY

Answer 2

Each benchmark on a standard ruler is worth 1/16 inch.  16  1/16 inches makes up one inch, since 16/16 = 1.  Let's count all of the 1/16 inches until we reach 1 inch.

 

 

1/16

 

2/16 = 1/8 inch

 

3/16

 

4/16 = 1/4 inch

 

5/16

 

6/16 = 3/8 inch

 

7/16 

 

8/16 = 1/2 inch

 

9/16

 

10/16 = 5/8 inch

 

11/16

 

12/16 = 3/4 inch

 

13/16

 

14/16 = 7/8 inch

 

15/16

 

16/16 = 1 inch

 

 

From doing this, we can see that there is only 1 half inch in one inch.