Dividing Fractions

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Dividing Fractions
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To Divide Fractions
KEEP CHANGE - FLIP

• Keep the first fraction
• Change the division sign to a multiplication sign
• Flip the second fraction upside down
• Multiply
• Simplify

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REMEMBER

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

3
5
5
3
4
Example 1
KEEP
CHANGE
FLIP
x

5
Example 2
4
4
5
9
Rewrite
4
9
36
x


4
5
20
6
Example 2


1
36

20
7
Example 3
12
3
5
1
USE CANCELING
20
4
12
5
20
x


1
1
3
1
8
Example 4
1
2
6
1
Rewrite
1
1
1
x

6
2
12