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4 CHAPTER 1 Fractions

2 12 2 24 12 2 12 2 24
5: 12 ¼ ¼ or ¼ ¼
15 15 15 1 15 1 15 15

Fraction Division

Fraction division is almost as easy as fraction multiplication. Invert (switch
the numerator and denominator) the second fraction and the fraction divi-
sion problem becomes a fraction multiplication problem.

Examples

2 4 2 5 10
¼ ¼
3 5 3 4 12
3 3 5 3 1 3
5 ¼ ¼ ¼
4 4 1 4 5 20

Practice

7 1
1: ¼
6 4
8 6
2: ¼
15 5

5 9
3: ¼
3 10
40 2
4: ¼
9 3
3 30
5: ¼
7 4

2
6: 4 ¼
3
10
7: 3 ¼
21