SOLUTION: Hello! I would be most grateful if you could please tell me how to express in WORDS the fraction 1 - n Not being a mathematical

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Question 352751: Hello!
I would be most grateful if you could please tell me how to express in WORDS the fraction 1
-
n
Not being a mathematical whizz, I'm afraid I don't even understand what it means in English (!) but I have been asked by a Spanish teacher how to say this fraction in English.
I assume it's something like "1 over n" or "1 divided by n" but I'm really not sure.
I would really appreciate your help in this matter.
Thanking you in anticipation,
Samantha Green.
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, sofiyac:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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"One over n" or "the reciprocal of n" are acceptable.
"One divide by n" although technically correct is not typically used.

Answer by sofiyac(983) About Me  (Show Source):
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Samantha,
The expression in words would be a quotient of 1 and n. :) Quotient means division. If you had x+5 that would be the sum of x and 5 or the sum of a number and 5. :)