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What is 1/3 of 3/8?write a division problem to match.

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Answer: 1/8, Division equation: 1/3 divided by 8/3

Explanation:

Step 1: Write this problem as an equation, of means multiply so the equation is 1/3 x 3/8.

Step 2: Solve the equation by multiplying the numerators and the denominators. You get 3/24.

Step 3: Simplify by dividing the numerator and denominator by their gcf. In this case it is 3. So, 1/3 of 3/8 is 1/8.

Step 4: Now we need to get the division equation of 1/3 x 3/8, for this you do the same thing as if we had to actually solve the division equation with fraction, just for changing multiplication to division instead. I am talking about keep change flip. You keep the first fraction the same. you change the operation to it's opposite ,and you flip the numerator and denominator in the second fraction. When we do this we get our division equation of 1/3 divided by 8/3.

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