Question

what is 9 divided by 1/4?

Answer 1

36. Invert the denominator then multiply.

Answer 2

In general, to divide something by a/b, multiply it by b/a.

Answer 3

jus multiply 9 nd 4 u will get the answer which is 36

Answer 4

So what's 8 divided by 2/5?

Answer 5

\[8 \div \frac{2}{5} \]\[= \frac{8}{\frac{2}{5}}\]\[=\frac{8}{\frac{2}{5}}\times 1\]\[=\frac{8}{\frac{2}{5}} \times \frac{5}{5}\]\[=\frac{8\times 5}{\frac{2}{5}\times 5}\]\[=\frac{40}{2} \]\[= 20\]

Answer 6

:-)

Answer 7

When dividing I prefer to write everything in fractional form, then simplify complex fractions by multiplying by various forms of 1 (as I did above with 1=5/5)

Answer 8

I'm an old guy, bit lazy....

Answer 9

estudier its 1/20

Answer 10

Aargh!

Answer 11

There's also the often taught method of..

\[a \div \frac{b}{c} = a \times \frac{c}{b}\]

Which you can derive using my method.

Answer 12

estudier its 20 i was wrong.........:(

Answer 13

Which is what I posted to start with:-)

Answer 14

Lol, oh. Sorry estudier.. I thought you were the OP. I take it you don't need help here ;)

Answer 15

@ soniya show me your working...

Answer 16

Note that soniya is also not the original poster.

Answer 17

No matter, all wrong answers welcome (sort of).

Answer 18

@soniya just to convince me, 15 divided by 3/4?

Answer 19

actually iam new to thi site so dont know to post da eqution..iam trying to estudier

Answer 20

no prob, just type it for now, you can play with the editor after...

Answer 21

20 is da answer estudier

Answer 22

am i correct

Answer 23

OK, you seem to have got that, so 3/4 divided by 2/5?

Answer 24

15 by 8 is da answer

Answer 25

See, easy when you know how, isn't it?

Answer 26

yes......