Dividing Fractions and Dividing Fractions and Mixed NumbersMixed Numbers

VocabularyVocabulary

ReciprocalReciprocal One of two numbers One of two numbers whose product is 1.whose product is 1.

(Flip the fraction)(Flip the fraction)

Dividing FractionsDividing Fractions

Finding ReciprocalsFinding Reciprocals 33 Reciprocal is 4Reciprocal is 4

44 3 3

Find ReciprocalFind Reciprocal

11 11

55 332

Dividing FractionsDividing Fractions

Dividing FractionsDividing Fractions ReciprocalReciprocal

33 11

44 22 Rewrite as Rewrite as

multiplication by multiplication by flipping the second flipping the second fraction (reciprocal)fraction (reciprocal)

Multiply Multiply SimplifySimplify

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Dividing FractionsDividing Fractions

Dividing Fractions – Dividing Fractions – with whole numberswith whole numbers

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Rewrite as Rewrite as multiplication – multiplication – reciprocalreciprocal

Multiply/SimplifyMultiply/Simplify

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Dividing Fractions with Dividing Fractions with mixed numbersmixed numbers

22 1 1

33 6 6

Rewrite mixed numbers Rewrite mixed numbers as improper fractionsas improper fractions

Rewrite as Rewrite as multiplicationmultiplication

Multiply & SimplifyMultiply & Simplify

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Practice ~ Dividing FractionsPractice ~ Dividing Fractions

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33 22

1010 33

33 33

88 44

55 1 1

88 2 2

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