how to share

I know that this is half  because I counted the boxes and there are 24 boxes and half of 24=12.
So there are 12 wihte and 12 orange boxes.
So like I have a friend over and my mum said to buy some lollies and I buy one pack and there are 24 lollies inside and i have to share them equally. i give my friend 12 loiles that are orange and i get the white. So that is half each.