Dividing Fractions

To Divide Fractions:
KEEP – CHANGE - FLIP
Keep the first fraction
Change the division sign to a
multiplication sign
Flip the second fraction upside down
Multiply
Simplify
 REMEMBER
When you flip the second fraction, you
are writing that fraction’s reciprocal.

3 5
5 3
 Example 1

1 1 KEEP:
÷
CHANGE:
3 2
FLIP:

1 x 2 2
3 1 =
3
 Example 2
4 4
÷
5 9
Rewrite:

4 9 36 4
x 4 = =1 5
5 20
 Example 2
4 4 4 9 36
÷ = x =
5 9 5 4 20

36
1 16
20
=
1 4
5
= 20 36
20 20
16
 Example 3

12 ÷ 3
1 5
USE CANCELING:

4 12 x 5 = 20 = 20
1 31 1
 Example 4

1 ÷
2
6 1
Rewrite:

1 x 1 1
=
6 2 12