document.write( "Question 441125: My daughter is just learning fractions in 4th grade and I am trying to help her. Unfortunately it has been some time since I have done this. I can't seem to remember how to find the value of x in a fraction...like this x/8 = 1/4.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #304530 by stanbon(75887) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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x/8 = 1/4
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\n" ); document.write( "We have to be careful when it comes to
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\n" ); document.write( "One way to work the problem is to
\n" ); document.write( "convert 1/4 = 2/8
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\n" ); document.write( "Then x/8 = 2/8
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\n" ); document.write( "So x = 2
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\n" ); document.write( "Another way to work the problem is to
\n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides of the equation
\n" ); document.write( "by 8:
\n" ); document.write( "8(x/8) = 8(1/4)
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\n" ); document.write( "After canceling you would get:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 8/4
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\n" ); document.write( "Then x = 2
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\n" ); document.write( "Let your daughter decide which method looks
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
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