Learn how to divide fractions. To divide two fractions, we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. (The reciprocal of a fraction is swapping the positions of the ...

A lot of students begin by finding a common denominator for the dividend and divisor when dividing by a fraction. And a lot of teachers intervene by saying, “Remember, you only need a common ...

“Who would draw a picture to divide 2/3 by 3/4?” asked Marina Ratner, a professor emerita of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley, in a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece.