What is half of 2/7?

• A. 1/7
• B. 2/7
• C. 1/14
• D. 3/14

Answer: (A)

Halving a fraction means multiplying it by 1/2. So half of 2/7 is (1/2) × (2/7) = 2/14, which simplifies to 1/7. You can also see this by thinking of splitting a bar cut into seven equal pieces into two equal piles; one pile represents 1 piece out of 7, or 1/7 of the whole. The other options don’t match the idea of taking half of 2/7: they would either represent the whole amount, a different fraction of the bar, or a fraction half of a different value. The correct result is 1/7.