What is half of 18?
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people's questions, and connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
The answer is 9. The question is a trick question. If you answered 18/2, you answered correctly. If you answered 9, you answered correctly. If you answered 18/9, you answered correctly. The correct answer depends on the context of the math problem. If you were told to find half of 18 and were allowed to use any symbols, then you could solve the problem with any of the three answers above. There is no one-right-and-only-right way to do math. If you were told to find half of 18, then you could only use numbers and the minus sign. The answer would then be 9.
Half of 18 is 9. To derive half of a number, we divide the number by 2, put the decimal point between the number and the fraction and then reduce the fraction, if possible.