Question

b) Explain how to compute 2 divide 1/4 with a common denominator.

Answer 1

Answer:

8

Step-by-step explanation:

2 divide 1/4 = $\frac{2}{1} : \frac{1}{4}$

What we have to do here is find a common denominator for both fractions, in this case 4, and change to equivalent fractions with a denominator of 4.

• $\frac{8}{4} : \frac{1}{4}$

Then we divide across. The denominator of the answer will be 1 because the denominators are the same. Divide the numerators and get 8 ÷ 1, wich is just 8.