Question

Which makes the one whole?
A) One half
B) Two halves
C) $$3$$ Halves
D) $5$ Halves

Answer 1

Hint: In this problem, we have to find which one makes the one whole part. Understanding the question is very important to solve the problem. We can solve the problem by using the given options for the question. One half means the irreducible fraction resulting from dividing one by two parts.

Complete step-by-step solution:
In this problem, we are going to find the value that makes one whole.
First, we are going to understand what the question is about.
In this question, it asked which value makes the one whole.
It means that which is given in the option makes the whole number one.
The whole number means that there are no fractions, no decimals, and no partitions.
The whole numbers start from zero.
In this question, they ask to make one whole number, which means the number one.
Using the options we can solve the given question easily.
At the first option, we see that one half.
One half means that half of the given whole part.
In other words, we can say that fifty percent of the given whole part.
We can write this using the decimal point as zero point five.
That is, one half is equal to $0.5$
In this fraction, we can write this as one by two.
That is, one half is equal to ${\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}$
Therefore the option A one-half is not an answer.
At option B we see that, two halves.
Therefore add the two halves to find what we get.
Already we explain that one-half is fifty percent of the whole number.
At this option, we have two halves.
That means fifty percent plus fifty percent is equal to hundreds of percent.
That we write as a fraction and solve that, Two halves are equal to ${\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}+{\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}$
Take Least common multiple, we get,
$${\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}+{\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}={\displaystyle \frac{1+1}{2}}$$
Now solve this,
$$={\displaystyle \frac{2}{2}}=1$$
Therefore we get the solution.
Therefore option B is the answer to the given question.
 The explanation for option A:
Option A is one-half. This is fifty percent of one whole.
Therefore option A is not an answer for the given question.
The explanation for option C:
Option C is three halves.
After solving the three halves, we get
$${\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}+{\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}+{\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}={\displaystyle \frac{1+1+1}{2}}={\displaystyle \frac{3}{2}}$$
Therefore this is not an answer to the given question.
The explanation for option D:
Option D is five halves.
After solving this we get
$${\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}+{\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}+{\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}+{\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}+{\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}={\displaystyle \frac{1+1+1+1+1}{2}}={\displaystyle \frac{5}{2}}$$
Therefore this is not an answer to the given question.

Note: The whole number is defined as the number which is without fractions or an integer number called a whole number. In the above solution, we see that all options except option B are having the fraction number. The whole number is the part of the real number which does not include fractions, decimals, or negative numbers.