A 'flipped' fraction is correctly named as a Reciprocal.
e.g. 2 . The reciprocal is 1/2
The reciprocal of 1/2 is 2.
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When the numbers within a fraction are reversed, this is called a reciprocal. A reciprocal is useful when dividing fractions - dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal.For example, 4 / 2/3 = 4 x 3/2 = 6.
You Switch The Numerator & Denominator of the second fraction and then you change the division to multiplication. For example: 1/2 divided by 2/3 becomes 1/2 times 3/2, and you would multiply straight across (numerator by numerator and denominator by denominator) to get 3/4.
A fraction does not have a button part.
The best name for a fraction that has a numerator less than the denominator is common fraction. The name of a fraction with a number in the numerator greater than the denominator is improper fraction.
There can be no answer. 65 cm can be expressed as a fraction only in the context of another quantity of length.