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Dividing Fractions 1

ANSWERS 2

Section A Reciprocals

1) Prove that 3 × 4 = 1
4 3
3 × 4 = 12 = 1
4 3 12
2) Fill in the blanks:

a) 2 × 3 = 1 c) 1 = 1 ×
3 2 2
2 Any number multiplied by
reciprocal is equal
its ______________
b) 7 × 5 = 1 d) 1 × 8 = 1 to 1.
5 7 8

3) Find the reciprocal of each of the following numbers:

a) 6 11 c) 5 1 e) 8 19
11 6 5 19 8

b) - 2 -
3 d) 1
2 f) 4 2 3
3 2 2 3 14

Section B Dividing integers by fractions

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1) Explain how this diagram shows that 1 ÷ = 3.
1 3
1 1
1÷ means how many ’s are in 1.
3 3
1 1 1
1
3 3 3 The diagram shows that there are 3 lots of
3
in 1.

2) Calculate the following:

a) 2 ÷ 1 = 6 c) 10 ÷ 2 = 30 e) 10 ÷ 3 = 16 3
2
3 3 5

b) 2 ÷ 2 = 3 d) 10 ÷ 2 = 25 f) 21 ÷ 2 1 = 9
3 5 3

Section C Dividing any pair of fractions

1) Calculate:

a) 1 ÷ 1 = 3 d) 5 ÷ 5 = 5 g) 9 ÷ 9 =
3 3 2 7 12
17 11 11
1

b) 2 ÷ 1 = 4 e) -5 ÷ 4 = 15 h) 7 ÷ 3 ÷ 1 = 5
3 2 3 12 9
-
16 12 4 2
19

c) 4 2 ÷ 1 = 93
1 f) 21 ÷ 9 = 2 36
13 i) 31 ÷ 51 = 4
3 2 8 10 7 2 7

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Dividing Fractions 1

ANSWERS 2

Section D Identify and explain the mistake:

1) 6 ÷ 4 = 20 × 4 2) 3 ÷ 4 = 3 × 4
20 3 6 3 8 8 1
= 80 = 12
18 8
= 44 = 11
9 2
1
The reciprocal of both fractions has been The reciprocal of 4 is 4 so dividing by 4 is
multiplied. 1
the same as multiplying by 4 .
6 3
The correct calculation is 20 x 4 . 3 1 3
The correct calculation is 8 x 4 = 32 .

Section E Simplify the following:

a c ad b ac 2a ÷ 2a2 7
a) ÷ = d) a ÷ = g) =
b d bc c b b 7b a

a a c a a a ÷ a
b) ÷ = e) ÷ c = h) = 1
b c b b bc 2 2

a 2 a2 2a c 14a (x+1) ÷ (x+2) 3(x+1)

c) ÷ = f) ÷ = i) =
7 a 14 b 7b c 7 3 7(x+2)

Section F Complete each puzzle below:

1) Use each of the following numbers to make the calculations correct.

1 2 2 3 3 5 There are multiple solutions to these, ask your partner to check

÷ with=them how you could change
yours. Discuss ÷ your=answers
5 7 9 10 18 35 and still be correct.

2) Fill the gaps in the multiplication grid.

1 1 8
× 2 6 15
4 4
8 4 3 4 15
1
6 3 1 35
5 2 12 5
6
2 23

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