Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

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What is a fraction?

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A fraction represents a part of a whole and is written as 'a/b', where 'a' is the numerator (the number of parts) and 'b' is the denominator (the total number of equal parts).

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How do you multiply fractions?

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To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. For example, (a/b) * (c/d) = (a*c)/(b*d).

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What is the reciprocal of a fraction?

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The reciprocal of a fraction is obtained by flipping the numerator and denominator. For example, the reciprocal of 3/4 is 4/3.

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How do you divide fractions?

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To divide fractions, multiply by the reciprocal of the second fraction. For example, (a/b) ÷ (c/d) = (a/b) * (d/c).

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What does it mean to simplify a fraction?

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Simplifying a fraction means reducing it to its lowest terms, where the numerator and denominator have no common factors other than 1.

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If Stewart bought 8 pounds of hamburger meat and made burgers weighing 1/3 pounds each, how many burgers did he make?

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24 burgers.

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Noah ate 3/4 of the 12 sections of a clementine. How many sections are left?

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3 sections are left.

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Sonya ate 5 slices of pizza and her dad ate 1/3 of the pizza. How many slices did they eat together?

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They ate 9 slices together.

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Kim finished 8 out of 10 math problems. Phil finished 1/5 of the problems. How many more problems has Kim finished than Phil?

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Kim has finished 6 more problems than Phil.

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Grace used 1/2 cups of sugar for 12 cake pops. How much sugar is in each cake pop?

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Each cake pop has 1/24 cups of sugar.