Question

4 3/8 divided by 1 1/2 reduced to lowest terms

Answer 1

You are given:
\(\dfrac{4 + \dfrac{3}{8}}{1 + \dfrac{1}{2}}\)

Multiply top and bottom by LCD/GCF
\(\dfrac{\left(4 + \dfrac{3}{8}\right)}{\left(1 + \dfrac{1}{2}\right)} \times \dfrac{\dfrac{1}{8}}{\dfrac{1}{8}}\)

Distribute to get
\(\dfrac{32 + 3}{8 + 4}\)

Which simplifies to:
\(\dfrac{35}{12}\)

Perform the following steps to write as mixed fraction:
\(\dfrac{24 + 11}{12}\)
\(\dfrac{24}{12} + \dfrac{11}{12}\)
\(2 + \dfrac{11}{12}\)