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*= multiplication
/= division
Let’s understand the problem:
8 times what number is equal to four sixths?
So we need to find out what number times 8 gets us 4/6.
Okay, let’s fill in what we know and solve for what we don’t.
What we know:
- We need to multiply 8 by an unknown number
-the answer will be 4/6
Okay, let’s make an equation.
Let’s put X as the number we don’t know.
8 times a number we don’t know (X) = 4/6
So
8x=4/6
Let’s solve that equation by doing the opposite. Let’s divide both sides by 8.
Since you can’t divide fractions, let’s multiply by the reciprocal of 8: 1/8.
4/6 * 1/8 = 4/48
Simplify that.
1/12
That’s your answer! 1/12
Hope this helped! Comment if you have any questions! :)