Question

My daughter needs help with her division on fractions. here is the first problem. 5/8 divided by 3/16

Answer 1

Dividing one fraction by another is resolved by turning it into a product. Leave the first fraction unchanged, and multiply it by taking the reciprocal of the second fraction. In this case, your problem becomes:

5/8 x 16/3.

Then you can reduce the 8 with the 16 leaving you a 1 in place of the 8 and a 2 in place of the 16.

5/1 x 2/3. Nothing else reduces at this point so just multiply the two fractions straight across, numerator times numerator, and denominator times denominator, giving you,

(5x2)/(1x3) which gives you a final answer of 10/3.

Answer 2

I am sorry she is very confused. The reduction confused her more than she already was and I suck at math! Period or I would be helping her.

Answer 3

ok, you have a fraction with a denominator of 8 and you are multiplying it with a fraction with a numerator of 16, correct?

Answer 4

I think we got it figured out....maybe

Answer 5

Since you have 8/16, both of those numbers reduce by 8, leaving you 1 in place of 8 and 2 in place of 16.

Answer 6

Ok that makes since.

Answer 7

So after you reduce, you just multiply across. Numerator times numerator, and denominator times denominator.

Answer 8

Ok that helps out a lot...thanks so much!

Answer 9

Most Welcome.