To get the reciprocal of a fraction, just turn it upside down. Like this: 34 NumeratorDenominator We call the top number the Numerator, it is the number of parts we have. To get the reciprocal of a fraction, just turn it upside down. Examples:
That last example was interesting. The reciprocal of 12 is 2 Likewise the reciprocal of 13 is 3 and so on. Multiplying a Fraction by its ReciprocalWhen we multiply a fraction by its reciprocal we get 1: Reciprocal of a Mixed FractionTo find the reciprocal of a Mixed Fraction, we first convert it to an Improper Fraction, then turn that upside down.
1. Convert it to an improper fraction: 213 = 6 3 + 1 3 = 7 3 The Answer is: 37 Copyright © 2020 MathsIsFun.com
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