Review: Dividing Fractions
•One of the traditional methods taught for dividingfractions was to multiply it with the reciprocal
Ex: Divide the following:
You flip the
fraction onthe right
Change thedivision
sign to amultiplication
Then you cancelout common factors
SO, Why do we multiplywith the reciprocal???
When you write the divisionstatement as a fraction,
multiplying both the top andbottom by the reciprocalwill cancel the denominatorto 1