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Dividing fractions worksheets

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Dividing fractions worksheet — Proper fractions to 8, free printable with answer key

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What's on this sheet

Keep-change-flip is the whole move: keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, and flip the second fraction upside down. 1/2 ÷ 3/4 becomes 1/2 × 4/3, which multiplies to 4 over 6, then simplifies to 2/3. The flipped fraction is called the reciprocal, and turning the second one over is what makes division work.

Why this sheet works

Once the problem is rewritten it is an ordinary multiplication — multiply across and reduce — so a child who has practiced multiplying fractions is already most of the way there. The one habit to build is flipping only the second fraction, never the first; getting that order right is where most mistakes hide.