Dividing Fractions

Dividing Fractions

Multiple Choice

What is the numerator?

3/7

• 1

• 3

• 7

Multiple Choice

What is the denominator?

3/7

• 3

• 1

• 7

Multiple Choice

What is the reciprocal of 3/7?

• 1/3

• 1/7

• 7/3

• 3/1

Open Ended

Change the Division problem to multiplication using "Stay Flip Flip"
1/2 ÷ 3/7

You should have found the following as the new equation:

1/2 x 7/3

To multiply this fraction, we need to multiply the numerator and denominator.

1x7 = 7

2x3 = 6

This makes our answer 7/6. This is an improper fraction, meaning we can change it into a mixed number!

Multiple Choice

7/6 is an improper fraction. What is 7/6 written as a mixed number?

• 7 and 1/6

• 1 and 1/6

• 6 and 1/7

• 7

The correct answer is 1 and 1/6

7/6 means that we have 7 pieces total and 6 pieces equals one whole. we can subtract 6/6 (which equals 1) from 7/6 and we find we have 1 whole and 1/6 remaining.

This makes our final answer to our division problem 1 and 1/6! Let's try some more together.

Multiple Choice

4/7 ÷ 3/5

• 2/3

• 12/35

• 20/21

Multiple Choice

6/25 ÷ 3/10

(make sure to simplify!)

• 4/5

• 18/25

• 60/75

Multiple Choice

5 ÷ 3/7

• 15/35

• 11 and 2/3

• 2 and 3/11

• 8 and 5/7

Multiple Choice

Challenge:

1 and 5/6 ÷ 2 and 2/3

• 5/9

• 2 and 10/18

• 10/18

• 11/16