SOLUTION: find the quotient of 4 divided by 3/8

Question 255629: find the quotient of 4 divided by 3/8
Answer by PRMath(133) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember that when you DIVIDE fractions, you have to MULTIPLY by the reciprocal. OR.. to put it in non mathie terms, just flip the 2nd fraction and multiply.

SO... you have 4 divided by . The number 4 can be rewritten as .

Therefore you have divided by

Now you flip the 2nd fraction and multiply, like this:

* =

When you multiply fractions, you multiply numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator:

* =

can also be written as:

I hope this is helpful..
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