Divide by Fraction Multiply by Reciprocal

A carpenter has a board 10 meters long.  He cuts it into pieces that are ⅖ of a meter long.  How many pieces of board does he have? 

• ²⁄₅₀ boards

• 25 boards

• ²⁰⁄_{50  boards}

• 4 boards

16 people share 6 sandwiches.  How much of a sandwich does each person get?

• 3

• 3⁄8

• 1⁄12

• 2 2⁄3

What is the reciprocal of 2/3?

• 2

• 2/3

• 3

• 3/2

What is the reciprocal of this fraction?
9/27

• 27/9

• 3/9

• 1/3

• 3/1

What is the reciprocal of this fraction?
20/3

• 3/10

• 10/3

• 6 2/3

• 3/20

What problem is represented by the model?

• x 3/10

• 3/5 x 9/50

• 3/5 x 3/10

• 2/5 x 3/5

What is the reciprocal of 3/4?

• 4/3

• 3/4

• 1/4 lb

• none of the above

What is the reciprocal of 2 ?

• 2/1

• 1/2

• 2

• none of the above

Divide. 7/8 ÷ 4

• 3  1/2

• 7/2

• 7/15

• 7/32

Divide. 3 ÷ 2/5

• 2/15

• 5/6

• 1  1/5

• 7  1/2