How do you evaluate \frac { 10} { 6} \div \frac { 8} { 2} ?

1 Answer
Dec 16, 2017

5/12

Explanation:

When dividing by a fraction, you can multiply the reciprocal of it instead. This is basically "flipping" the fraction over.

10/6-:8/2=10/6*2/8

Multiply the numerator and denominators

10/6*2/8=20/48

You can simplify this by dividing both the numerator and denominator of the fraction by 4.

20/48-:4/4=5/12