163k views
15 votes
What's 5 divided by 3 1/3?

1 Answer

8 votes

Answer: 3/2

Explanation:

We can start by converting 3 1/3 to an improper fraction. Since 3 is equal to 9/3, 3 1/3 would be equal to 9/3 + 1/3 = 10/3.

Therefore, we are doing
(5)/((10)/(3)).

Dividing 5 by 10/3 is the same as multiplying 5 and the reciprocal of 10/3, which is 3/10.

5*3/10 = 15/10 = 3/2.