dividing fractions?

Question

ho to i devide fractions for example 2/8 and 1/4

Answer 1

Take the reciprocal of the denominator and multiply the two together.

For example 2/8 divided by 1/4 is the same as 2/8 times 4/1. And 2/8 times 4/1 = 8/8, or 1.

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Another way to think of it is 2/8 = 0.25 and 1/4 = 0.25. 0.25 divided by 0.25 = 1 (as anything divided by itself is 1 (except for 0)).

Please Note: the people that are getting 1/16 as the answer are wrong.

Answer 2

To divide a fraction, all you have to do is multiply by the reciprical...

2/8 / 1/4 = 2/8 x 4/1 = 8/8 = 1

Answer 3

you invert the other fraction and multiply them. Like 2/8 divide 1/4 will be 2/8 times 4/1 = 8/8 = 1

Answer 4

2/8 devided 1/4, u swap the 1/4 and make 4/1

so you have 2/8 times 4/1

which is 8/8 (since 2x4 is 8 and 8x1 is 8)

simplified to 1/1

Answer 5

divide by the denominator and multiply by the numerator. think out what problem you want to solve. in this example, what are 2 8th's of 1/4? one 8th of 1/4 is 1/32nd and two of them are 2/32nds or 1/sixteenth. more generally, a/b divided by c/d = ac/bd and then reduce by eliminating the common factors.
2/8 divided by 1/4 = 2*1/4*8 = 2/32 = 1/16.

good luck!

Answer 6

1. first you have to multiply by the reciproco number

2/8 * 4/1

2. Cross your mult and simplfy

4/4 = 1 and 8/4 = 2

3. So, 2/2*1 = 1

Ta, da

Answer 7

i think it is you flip the second fraction and multiply...im pretty sure
so it would be:
2/8 * 4/1 = 8/8 or one. im pretty sure...

Answer 8

Try this site. It helped me get through college algebra. It shows you how to divide decimals and even gives you the answer.

Answer 9

(x/y)/(a/b) = (x/y)(b/a) = (xb)/(ya)

(2/8)(1/4)
same as
(1/4)(1/4)

ANS : (1/16)

Answer 10

you multiply by the reciprocal