Dividing Fractions Examples

Save the first fraction, change the division sign to a multiplication sign, and flip the second fraction.

Cross-cancel the 2 and 4 as well as the 3 and 9.

Finally, change the improper fraction into a mixed number.

First, turn 10 into a fraction by placing over a denominator of 1.

Save it, change it, flip it.

Cross-cancel the 5 and 10.

Now multiply!

Change the mixed numbers into improper fractions.

A rule of thumb: if a problem initially presents a fraction as a mixed number, then the answer should be written as a mixed number, not an improper fraction.

Save it, change it, flip it.

Cross-cancel the 4 and 8.

Now multiply and change back into a mixed number.