Question

B) Explain how to compute 2 divide 1/4 with a common denominator.

Answer 1

8

Explanation:

2 divide 1/4 =
`(2)/(1) : (1)/(4)`

What we have to do here is find a common denominator for both fractions, in this case 4, and change to equivalent fractions with a denominator of 4.

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  `(8)/(4) : (1)/(4)`

Then we divide across. The denominator of the answer will be 1 because the denominators are the same. Divide the numerators and get 8 ÷ 1, wich is just 8.