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# What is one half of two-thirds?

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One half of two-thirds is equal to one-third. One finds this answer by multiplying the fraction two-thirds by one-half, which gives 2/6. This fraction simplifies to one-third, or 1/3.

Another method one can use to arrive at this answer is division. One can divide the dividend, two-thirds, by two, the divisor. However, one needs to use the reciprocal of two, which is one-half when performing a division of fractions. The divisor needs to be changed into its reciprocal number. One can then multiply the two fractions of one-half and two-thirds.

Fractions have numerators, the top numbers, and denominators, the bottom numbers. After performing either a division or multiplication of fractions, one may need to reduce or simplify the fraction into lowest terms.

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In percent form, two-thirds is 66.67 percent. To determine this, one divides two by three with a calculator to find 0.66666. To find this fraction in percent form, one has to multiply 0.66666 by 100 to find the answer 66.666 percent, which can be rounded 66.666 to the nearest hundredth to arrive at 66.67 percent.

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According to Fact Monster, two thirds as a decimal is 0.666 repeating (or 0.667 rounded) and as a percent is 66.6% repeating or 66.7%. To convert the two-thirds fraction to a decimal, simply divide the top number by the bottom number, or divide 2 by 3.

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It takes three-thirds to make a whole unit. As a fraction, three-thirds is written as 3/3, which literally means three divided by three, which is then simplified as one. A fraction is a part of a whole, and a whole is equivalent to the figure one.