document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=607279>Question 607279</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can you show me how to divde 4 7/8 by 1/2? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First make the 4 7/8 into an improper fraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4*8+7)/8=39/8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you have (39/8) divide by (1/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Flip the fraction after the divide sign and change the sign into a multiply sign\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(39/8) x (2/1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now multiply them together<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(39/8) x (2/1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=(39/4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If it says to make it into a proper fraction again, do so<BR>\n" );
document.write( "39/4= 9 3/4 </SPAN>\n" );
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