SOLUTION: what is the answer to 5/8 divided by 1 1/4 and why?
What do you do to get that answer? The way I understood how to do this is:
1 1/4 becomes 5/4, then you invert the 5/8 to 8
Question 679680: what is the answer to 5/8 divided by 1 1/4 and why?
What do you do to get that answer? The way I understood how to do this is:
1 1/4 becomes 5/4, then you invert the 5/8 to 8/5 and multiply, but before you do, you cancel out across, so it would really be like multiplying 2/1 x 1/1 = 2 but the answer they give is 1/2. Why? Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! convert 1 to an improper fraction
1 = 4*1=4+1=5, so
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Do not cancel before converting the division into multiplication.
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