7One-sixth of 42 = 42/6 = 7
(42 ÷ 6) × 5 = 35
4/6 * 42 168/6 = 28 ====
7
To find how much a number of a fraction with 1 as its numerator would be by dividing it by that fraction's denominator. So 42 รท 6 = 7, which is by words: forty-two divides six to equal seven.
1/6 ÷ 7 = 1/42
35/42 - 12/42 = 23/42
3/7 + 1/6 = 18/42 + 7/42 = 25/42
42
0.7143
To divide by one sixth is equivalent to multiplying by 6. And 7 x 6 = 42.
5/6 - 2/7 = 35/42 - 12/42 = 23/42 = 0.54762