To divide by a fraction, you multiply by its reciprocal. This is related to the facts that (1) division is the opposite of multiplication, and (2) a reciprocal is the multiplicative "opposite" of a number.
When you divide one number by another which is not a factor.
To divide one fraction by another fraction,flip the second one over and multiply them.
When dividing one fraction by another, invert the second fraction and multiply them.
One simple way is to flip the second fraction over (use its reciprocal) and multiply them.
To divide by a fraction, you multiply by its reciprocal. This is related to the facts that (1) division is the opposite of multiplication, and (2) a reciprocal is the multiplicative "opposite" of a number.
When you divide one number by another which is not a factor.
To divide one fraction by another fraction,flip the second one over and multiply them.
When dividing one fraction by another, invert the second fraction and multiply them.
One simple way is to flip the second fraction over (use its reciprocal) and multiply them.
Not if the fraction is positive. But yes if the fraction is negative. Study the rules of multiplication and division by integers, and you wil see why. Multiplication by a fraction is simplty multiplication by one integer followed by division by another (or the other way round).
3 divided by 1/6 is the same thing as 3x6....you always flip the fraction after the division sign, and change it to multiplication when dividing fractions -sophmore in high school-
You are working with numbers. One is a whole number and the other is a fraction of a whole number (with a decimal point, etc). You apply the same principles of subtracting one number from another or a fraction of one number from a fraction of another. Numbers is numbers!
when ever you divide fractions you must always flip the fraction you are dividing and change the division sign to multiplication, ex. 1/2 divded by 1 = 2/1 multiplied by 1/1 which equals 2
divide the denominator by the numerator
For example, you can do the multiplication in both cases, simplify each product to simplest terms, and compare. Or, after doing the multiplication, check the product of the numerator of one fraction by the denominator of another fraction - if you get the same product both ways, the products are equivalent.
To get a percentage, divide one number by another to first get your answer in a fraction. Then, just multiply this by 100 to get your percentage.