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UNIT 1 RATIONAL NUMBERS, EXPONENTS AND SQUARE ROOTS

Dividing Common Fractions (Algebra 1.1)How many one-sixths of a pie are there in two-and-a-half pies?

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Dividing Common Fractions (Algebra 1.1)How many one-sixths of a pie are there in two-and-a-half pies?

This problem requires us to divide two fractions. First, we will convert the mixed number two-and-a-half to a fraction

12=252

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Dividing Common Fractions (Algebra 1.1)How many one-sixths of a pie are there in two-and-a-half pies?

Now we have to divide five halves by one-sixth

Flip the divisor

=5216=5261

3And proceed just as if you were multiplying, by multiplying across.

And simplify the quotient.

There are 15 sixths of a pie in two-and-a-half pies.

UNIT 1 RATIONAL NUMBERS, EXPONENTS AND SQUARE ROOTS

Dividing Common Fractions (Algebra 1.1)How many one-sixths of a pie are there in two-and-a-half pies?

=52x61230230=15

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