Dividing Fraction Steps
If you are dividing mixed numbers, what should you do?
Convert to improper fractions, then divide (KCF)
1/2 ÷ 4
1/8
1/2 ÷ 1/3 - Simplest form
3/2 = 1 1/2
1 2/3 ÷ 3 1/3
1/2
When dividing fractions, what do you do to the first fraction in the problem?
KEEP it the same.
3 ÷ 1/3
9
3/4 ÷ 1/8
6 or 6/1
2 1/4 ÷ 1 1/2
1 1/2 or 3/2
When dividing fractions, what do you do to the division sign?
Change it to multiplication.
1/3 ÷ 4
1/12
4/7 ÷ 2/3 - Simplest Form
12/14 = 6/7
10 1/2 ÷ 1 2/3
6 3/10 or 63/10
When dividing fractions, what must you do to the second fraction in the problem?
Find its reciprocal or flip it
2 ÷ 1/4
8
5/9 ÷ 1/2 - Simplest Form
10/9 = 1 1/9
8 3/4 ÷ 2 2/5
175/48 or 3 31/48
What does it mean to simplify a fraction?
Putting a fraction in its simplest, lowest form
1/4 ÷ 2
1/8
1/4 ÷ 5/4
4/20 = 1/5
9 1/2 ÷ 9 2/3
57/48