Myra always arranges the books on her bookshelf, which is __ 5 m long.

If
6
each of her books is __
1 m thick, how many books will fit on the shelf?
30

__
5 ÷ 1 = __
__ 5 x __
30 =
6 30 6 1
5

__
5 x __
30 = __
5 x __ 25
5 = __ or 25
6 1 1 1 1
1
 Reciprocal
It is the multiplicative inverse of a number.

To divide a fraction, copy the dividend and get the

reciprocal of the divisor, and then do multiplication.
Division of Fractions 
Division of Fraction

__ ÷
12 __
2
=
15 5
1. Copy the dividend and find the reciprocal of the
divisor.

__ ÷
12 __
2
= __
12 x __
5
15 5 15 2
2. Apply cancellation.
6 1

__ x
12 __
5
=
15
3
21
3. Multiply the numerators, and then denominators.

__ x
6 __
1
= __ __
6 2
2
3 1 3 1
Division of Fraction

__
21
÷ __
12
=
48 42
1. Copy the dividend and find the reciprocal of the
divisor.

__
21
÷ __
12
= __
21 x __
42
48 42 48 12
2. Apply cancellation.

7 7

__ x __
21 42
48
8
12
4
3. Multiply the numerators, and then the denominators.

__ x
7 __
7
= __
49
1 __
17
8 4 32 32
Division of Fraction

__ ÷ __ ÷ __ =
18 9 27
24 16 32
1. Find the reciprocals of the divisors.

__ ÷ __ ÷
18 9 __
27
= __
18 x __
16 x __
32
24 16 32 24 9 27
2. Apply cancellation.

2 2

__ x __ x __
18 16 32
24
3
9
1
27
3. Multiply the numerators, and then the denominators.

__ x
2 __ x __ = __
2 32 128
3 1 27 81
4. Change the improper fraction to mixed fraction.

__1

_
81 128
__
128
= 1 __
47
_
81
81 81 47
 Summary

Steps in dividing fractions:

 

1. Copy the dividend.

2. Change the divisor to its reciprocal.
3. Change division to multiplication.
4. Do the steps in multiplying fractions.
page 80

1.) __
8 ÷ __
9
= N
3.) __
15 ÷ __
12
= N
10 15 18 21
15 x __
__
5

8 x __
__ 21 = __ __
7

15 = __
3
24 __ 4 __
8 __
1
1 35
1 __
9
1
3

2
10 9 18 6 3 3 6
18 12 4 24 24 8

2.) __
6 ÷ __
9
= N 4.) __
18 ÷ __
15
= N
12 16 24 20
6 x __
__ 18 x __
__
2 6 5
30 __
20 = __
4
16 = __
8 5
3
12 9 3
9 6
24 15 5 36 6
page 80

5.) __
21 ÷ __
12 7.) __
21 ÷ __
27
= N
= N 42 35
32 24
21 x __
__
7
35 = __
5

21 x __
35
__
7
24 = __
3
21
1 __
5
32 12 3 12 16 6
42 27 9 54
4

6.) __
20 ÷ __
15 8.) __
28 ÷ __
24
= N
= N 56 32
36 27
28 x __
__
7
28 __
32 = __
4

20 x __
2
__
4
27 = __
3
12
1 56 24 6 56 3
4
36 15 3 12 7
page 81

9.) __
32 ÷ __
21
= N
63 72
32 x __
__ __ 1109
8
72 = 256 __
7
63 21 147 147

10.) __
40 ÷ __
32
= N
64 80
__ x __
5
80 = __
10
40 50
1 __
18
1 __
9
8
64 32 4 32 32 16
Thank you for listening!