Question 1205087: 20 x _______ = 5
How do you determine the unknown
fraction to solve the multiplication problem? Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, math_tutor2020:Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
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20 times something = 5
To isolate the "something", we need to divide both sides by 20. This undoes the multiplication.
Dividing by 20 is the same as multiplying by 1/20.
We end up with 5/20 = 1/4 that will go in the blank.
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