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Calculate 2/2 / 9/3: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step fractions video lesson with captions. Final answer: 1/3.

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.3 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

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1. The problem
Worked example
2/2 / 9/3
2. Step by step
1. $1 \div 3 = 1 \times \frac{1}{3}$
  Dividing by a fraction means multiplying by its reciprocal
2. $1 \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{1 \times 1}{1 \times 3} = \frac{1}{3}$
  Multiply numerators and multiply denominators
3. $\frac{1}{3}$
  Final answer in lowest terms
3. The answer
$\frac{1}{3}$
2/2 / 9/3 = 1/3
4. Check
- Decimal check: 1/3 ≈ 0.3333333333

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: 2 over 2 / 9 over 3. Exact arithmetic with fractions (results kept in lowest terms).

Step by step. Dividing by a fraction means multiplying by its reciprocal. Multiply numerators and multiply denominators. Final answer in lowest terms.

The answer. So the answer is 1 over 3. Fractions are combined over a common denominator for addition and subtraction, multiplied straight across, and divided by multiplying by the reciprocal. The result is reduced by the greatest common factor.

Check. Decimal check: 1 over 3 approximately 0.3333333333.

About fractions

Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions, finding common denominators and simplifying the result.

Calculate 2/2 / 9/3: Fractions Step-by-Step Lesson