62.9k views
12 votes
What is 5 1/3 divided by 1 1/6

User Paul Stone
by
5.0k points

1 Answer

6 votes

Answer:

32/7 or 4 4/7

Explanation:

I used mathaway. JOKING!

Convert the fractions into mixed numbers.

So instead of 5 1/3 and 1 1/6

you will have 16/3 and 7/6

Apply the fraction rule

a/b ÷ c/d = a/b × c/d

= 16/1 x 2/7

then:

16 x 2

1 x 7

= 32/7

proper fraction: 4 4/7

User Sepang
by
5.3k points