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Can someone explain dividing a whole number by a unit fractions? I've been stuck on this lesson for a while

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kp0899
Okay, I would multiply 4 times 12 since there is 12 inches in a foot and then divide it by 3.  which the answer would be 16 inches.
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4 feet
each friend gets 1/3 foot
if you wante to do [tex] \frac{4}{ \frac{1}{3} } [/tex]
try to make bottom number=1
1/3 times 3/1=3/3=1
multiply the whole thing by [tex] \frac{ \frac{3}{1} }{ \frac{3}{1} }[/tex]

[tex] \frac{4*3}{ \frac{3}{3} } [/tex]
[tex] \frac{12}{ 1} [/tex]

12

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