Question

Johnetta simplified 7/9 divided by 3/8; her work is shown below. Identify where she made her error. Original division problem: 7/9 divided by 3/8

Step 1: 7/9 times 3/8
Step 2: 7x3 9x8
Step 3: 21/72
Step 4: 7/24

Answer 1

Step 1: 7/9 times 3/8 <---- notice here

recall that we flip upside-down the divisor to change it to a multiplication