How to divide fractions! Maths Expert
This is how to divide fraction.
Lets do this one.
2/4 divide 6/8.
It is quiet simple.
Step 1:You need to switch the second fraction which is 6/8 to 8/6.
Step 2: This is super easy you need to just times it.The numerator time numerator and denominator time denominator.So 2 times 8 which is 16 and 4 times 6 is 24 so the answer is 16/24.
If it is a improper fraction for example if you had 24/16.You divide the denominator by the numerator which is 1 reminder 8, but in fractions it is be 1 8/16, let me example the 1 is the whole the reminder is the numerator and the denominator is the other answer.
So it would be 1 8/24.
If you want to you can simplify it, but you can only simplify the fraction bit which is 8 over 24. You need to find a number that can simplify which is 8. 8 divide 8 is 1 and 8 divide 24 is 3.
You get 1/3 but don’t forget the whole number which is 1 so the answer is 1 1/3.
By Krishna.
Maths Experts Blog – How To – Column Addition And Subtraction
Column Addition
- First choose a random sum for example 546+982.
- Now write the number 546 and then 982 underneath it.
- Don’t forget to put the two under the six, the eighty under the forty and the nine hundred under the five hundred.
- Add together the six and the two, 6+2=8.
- Add together the forty and the eighty, 40+80=120.
- Add together the five hundred and the nine hundred, 500+900=1400, but you have an extra hundred from 120 so it equals 1500.
- You then have to add one thousand.
- Then you have to write the numbers in order, one thousand, five hundred, twenty and eight or 1528.
Column Subtraction
- First choose a random sum for example 156-32.
- Now write the number 156 and then 32 underneath it.
- This time make sure that the two is under the six, and the thirty under the fifty, but leave nothing under the one hundred.
- Subtract two from six, 6-2=4.
- Subtract thirty from fifty, 50-30=20
- Leave the 100 as it is.
- 156-32=124