Division

Free interactive math game: Division — Fractions. Part of the Fractions category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. Calculate: 2/5 ÷ 3/4
  2. Calculate: 4/5 ÷ 1/4
  3. Calculate: 3/4 ÷ 1/3
  4. Calculate: 1/5 ÷ 1/3

About this exercise

Dividing one fraction by another.

How to solve it

Turn the second fraction upside down and multiply instead. Dividing asks how many of the second fraction fit inside the first, which is why the answer is often larger than expected.

Worked example

One half divided by one quarter becomes one half times four, which is 2 — two quarters fit inside a half.

Common mistake

Flipping the first fraction. Only the divisor, the fraction you are dividing by, gets turned over.