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How would you divide 2/3 by 2/6?

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Use the method of keep, change flip.


Keep the first fraction (2/3) the same.

Change the divide to a times.

Flip the second fraction from 2/6 to 6/2.


The calculation is now 2/3 x 6/2


Multiply the numerators (2 x 6 = 12)

Multiply the denominators (3 x 2 = 6)


Write new fraction 12/6

Simplify to answer of 2

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You need to flip the second fraction and then multiply

2/3 x 6/2

You would multiply the numerators and then the denominators

answer: 12/6

You then need to simplify

answer: 2

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Easiest way to solve is through the “Keep Switch Flip” method, which is:


  1. Keep the first fraction as it is.
  2. Switch the division sign to a multiplication sign.
  3. Flip the second fraction upside down.


So, applying this, we would have

“2/3 times 6/2 (you can simplify that to 3”.


This gives us 12/6, which equals to 2.


So 2 is the final answer.


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