The reciprocal of a fraction is when you flip the two fractions as shown .
1/8 = 8/1
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The reciprocal of a fraction is obtained by interchanging the numerator and the denomator, i.e. by inverting the fraction. So, the number 3 (which is 3/1) would have a reciprocal of 1/3 And the reciprocal of 1/3 would be 3/1 ... or 3.
Do you mean reciprocal? Well if you do it means the reciprocal of a fraction is mostly flipping the fraction. Here is an example below. Example: Carrie has 7\8 of apples. What is the reciprocal? Answer: The reciprocal is 8\7. It's easy you just switch the numbers.
the reciprocal of a number is 1 divided by the number. if you want to find the reciprocal of a fraction you would need to swap the fraction numbers around and then multiply by 1. and then divide the answer.It is 1 divided by the number.
To find the reciprocal of a fraction, you turn it upside down. So the reciprocal of 1/2 is 2/1, or just 2.
To find the reciprocal of a whole number, you must first write it as a fraction. You do this by writing x/1, if the number is 4, it would be 4/1. Then you would find the reciprocal of that fraction. So using the same example, the reciprocal of 4 is 1/4.