Reciprocals
This is what you do to a number to find its reciprocal.
Flip the numerator and denominator
This is the quotient of 8 divided by 1/4.
32
This is the quotient of 3/4 divided by 3/8.
2
This is what you should do to mixed numbers when dividing fractions.
Change them to improper fractions
This is the quotient of 1 3/5 divided by 2 1/2.
16/25
This is the product of any number and its reciprocal.
1
This is the quotient of 11 divided by 3/4. DOUBLE POINTS IF YOUR ANSWER IS WRITTEN AS A MIXED NUMBER
14 2/3 or 44/3
This is the quotient of 4/5 divided by 2/3. DOUBLE POINTS IF YOUR ANSWER IS WRITTEN AS A MIXED NUMBER
1 1/5 or 6/5
This is the quotient of 50 divided by 1 2/3.
30
This is the quotient of 2 3/4 divided by 3 1/3.
33/40
This is the reciprocal of 12/17.
17/12
This is the number of 3/4 that are in 3 (in simplest form)
4
This is the number of 1/3 that are in 1/2. DOUBLE POINTS IF YOUR ANSWER IS WRITTEN AS A MIXED NUMBER
1 1/2 or 3/2
This is the quotient of 20 divided by 2 1/2.
8
This is the quotient of 15 1/2 divided by 3 2/3. DOUBLE POINTS IF YOUR ANSWER IS WRITTEN AS A MIXED NUMBER
2 9/11 OR 31/11
This is the reciprocal of 2 1/8
8/17
You have 3/5 of a pizza. You divide the remaining pizza into 3 equal slices. What fraction of the original pizza is each slice?
1/5
This is the number of 2/3 that are in 3/4. DOUBLE POINTS IF YOUR ANSWER IS WRITTEN AS A MIXED NUMBER
1 1/8 or 9/8
Thirty acres of land are to be divided into 1 1/2-acre lots. How many lots will there be total?
20
How many 1 1/4-inch books can fit on a 4 1/4-inch shelf? DOUBLE POINTS IF YOUR ANSWER IS WRITTEN AS A MIXED NUMBER
3 2/5 OR 17/5
This is the reciprocal of 121 8/9
9/1097
You have 3/8 of a cake. You divide the rest into four equal slices. What fractional part of the original cake is each slice now?
3/32
A baby alligator is 3/4 of a foot long. A baby gecko is 2/15 of a foot long. How many times longer is the alligator than the gecko? DOUBLE POINTS IF YOUR ANSWER IS WRITTEN AS A MIXED NUMBER
5 5/8 or 45/8
Kyra and her dad want to open a lemonade stand on their street. They have 10 cups of sugar. Each gallon of lemonade requires 1 1/4 cups of sugar. How many gallons of lemonade will Kyra and her dad be able to make?
8
How many 2 2/5 inch books can fit on a 7 3/5 inch shelf?
3 books (you cannot have a fraction of a book)