Dividing Fractions: Flip and Multiply Worksheet Download
This math worksheet practices the flip-and-multiply step of dividing fractions. Each division is rewritten as multiplication: 2/3 ÷ 4/5 becomes 2/3 × 5/4, and 3 ÷ 1/4 becomes 3 × 4/1. Students fill in the flipped fraction, then multiply and write the answer in simplest form. Some problems divide a whole number by a fraction or a fraction by a whole number.
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Dividing Fractions: Flip and Multiply
Each worksheet has 14 fraction division problems to rewrite as multiplication by the reciprocal, then solve.
About this worksheet
Each worksheet has 14 fraction division problems to rewrite as multiplication by the reciprocal, then solve.
Student objectives
- Rewrite a fraction division as multiplication by the reciprocal
- Flip the number being divided by, including a whole number
- Multiply and write the answer in simplest form
Everyday practice
- Finding how many 3/4 cup servings are in 6 cups
- Cutting a 2/3 yard ribbon into pieces 1/6 yard long
- Sharing 1/2 of a pan of brownies among 3 people
Standards
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numerichorizontalfractionsmultiplicationdivision