Dividing Fractions

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Dividing Fractions

• Lesson 5-3

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To Divide Fractions

• Rewrite the first fraction.
• Change the division sign to a multiplication
  sign.
• Flip the second fraction upside down.
• Multiply.

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Reciprocal

• When you flip the second fraction, you are
  writing that fractions reciprocal.

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Example 1
1
1
2
3
Rewrite
1
2
2
x

1
3
3
5
Example 2
4
4
5
9
Rewrite
1
4
9
9
4
1
x


4
1
5
5
5
6
Example 3
12
3
5
1
Rewrite
20
4
12
5
20
x


1
1
3
1
7
Example 4
1
2
6
1
Rewrite
1
1
1
x

6
2
12
8
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