Practice Objectives
- Demonstrate the ability to find the quotient of signed fractions
- Demonstrate the ability to reduce a fraction to lowest terms
Practice Dividing Signed Fractions
Instructions:
Answer 7/10 questions correctly to pass.
Find the quotient, simplify your answer.
Write a negative fraction as: -a/b or a/-b.
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Dividing Signed Fractions:
- Determine the sign of the quotient
- An even number of negatives gives a positive quotient
- An odd number of negatives gives a negative quotient
- Work with the absolute values
- Simplify each fraction
- Take the reciprocal of the rightmost fraction and multiply
- Cross cancel any common factors among all numerators and denominators
- Set up the answer:
- Numerator: Find the product of all numerators
- Denominator: Find the product of all denominators
- Attach the correct sign to the answer
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