Convert Fraction to Decimal: Finding the Decimal Form of 1/2

To solve this problem, we'll express the fraction $\frac{1}{2}$ as a decimal following these steps:

• Step 1: Begin with the fraction $\frac{1}{2}$.
• Step 2: To convert this fraction to a denominator of 100, multiply the numerator and the denominator by 50:

$\frac{1 \times 50}{2 \times 50} = \frac{50}{100}$

This fraction is read as 50 hundredths, which converts directly to the decimal form:

$0.5$

Therefore, the decimal representation of the fraction $\frac{1}{2}$ is 0.5.