Question 270645
Division by fractions

First let me tell you about reciprocal

when we write a digit say 5 it actually means 5/1  So the reciprocal of 5 is 1/5 

Similarly the reciprocal of 2 is 1/2,  reciprocal of 4/5 is 5/4 

when you need to divide by a fraction you multiply by reciprocal of the fraction or the number.


example :  1/5  divided by 6  is   1/5 multiplied by 1/6

3/5 divided by 4/5  is 3/5 multiplied by 5/4