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    NAME ________________________________________ DATE ______________ PERIOD _____

    Study Guide and Intervention


    Dividing Fractions
    When the product of two numbers is 1, the numbers are called reciprocals.

    Find the reciprocal of 8.

    Since 8  1  1, the reciprocal of 8 is 1.


    8 8

    Find the reciprocal of 5.


    9

    Since 5  9  1, the reciprocal of 5 is 9.


    9 5 9 5

    You can use reciprocals to divide fractions. To divide by a fraction, multiply by its reciprocal.

    Find 2  4.


    3 5
    2 4 2 5
           Multiply by the reciprocal, 5.
    3 5 3 4 4
    1
    
    2 5
     
    3   Divide 2 and 4 by the GCF, 2.
    
    4
    2

     5 Multiply numerators and denominators.


    6

    Find the reciprocal of each number.


    1 11 5
    1. 2  2. 1 6 3. 4  4. 3 
    2 6 11 4 5 3

    Divide. Write in simplest form.


    5 2
    5. 1  2
    3 5
     6. 1  1
    9 2
     7. 2  1
    3 4
    22 8. 1  3
    2 4
    2
    
    6 9 3 3

    2 1 3
    9. 4  2  10. 4  1 8 11. 5  5  12. 9  3 
    5 5 5 10 12 6 2 10 10

    2 1
    13. 3  7 1
    4 12
    14. 9  9 
    10
    15. 2  5
    3 8
    11 16. 4  7
    9
    51
    7 10 15 7

    © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 342 Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 1

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