How many eights of an inch are in 1/2

so there are 8 1/8 in 1 ... One eighth is one part of eight equal sections. Two eighths is one quarter and four eighths is a half. It's easy to split an object, like a cake, into eighths if you make them into quarters and then divide each quarter in half.

4. 4/8 is equal to 1/2, therefore 4/8 of an inch is equal to 1/2 inch