What is the reciprocal of 5?

\frac{1}{5}
\frac{5}{1}
5
−5

Question

What is the reciprocal of 5?

	\frac{1}{5}
	\frac{5}{1}
	5
	−5

deerhunter15 · Answer

yeah its -5

nnesha · Answer

reciprocal: just flip the fraction 
reciprocal of a/b would b/a 
sign would stay the same DON'T  change the sign

deerhunter15 · Answer

basically with reciprecals your just flipping it

nnesha · Answer

here is an example reciprocal of 2 (which is same as 2/1  would be 1/2

error1603 · Answer

The reciprocal, or multiplicative inverse, will yield a product of 1.
The reciprocal of 3 is 1/3 because 3*(1/3) = 1 and the reciprocal of 8 is 1/8 by the same reasoning.
Fractions can be done the same way. Just divide 1 by the fraction.
The reciprocal of 0.5 can be thought of as 1/(0.5) which is 2. 2*(0.5)=1.
2 and 0.5 (or 1/2) are reciprocals! :)

nnesha · Answer

why not just post the link eh ?

error1603 · Answer

Yeah

texaschic101 · Answer

just flip the fraction...and if you have a whole number, such as 5....which is the same as 5/1...flip it...and you get 1/5 (the reciprocal)