Andre is comparing the weight of his pets. His gerbil weighs 1/4 lb. His kitten weighs 7/8 lb. How many times the gerbil's weight is the kittens weight?
Andre is comparing the weight of his pets. His gerbil weighs 1/4lb. His kitten weighs 7/8 lb. How many times the gerbil's weight is the kitten's weight?
Am I multiplying or dividing
Am I dividing 7/8 and 1/4
Multiplying.
Well, if we want to find out how many times the gerbil's weight is the kitten's weight, we can divide the weight of the kitten by the weight of the gerbil.
So, let's do some math.
The weight of the gerbil is 1/4 lb, and the weight of the kitten is 7/8 lb.
To divide these fractions, we can multiply the numerator (top number) of the first fraction by the denominator (bottom number) of the second fraction, and the numerator of the second fraction by the denominator of the first fraction.
So, (1/4) divided by (7/8) is equal to (1/4) multiplied by (8/7).
Now, let's simplify this fraction.
1/4 multiplied by 8/7 is equal to 8/28.
Since 8/28 can be simplified by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 4, it becomes 2/7.
Therefore, the gerbil's weight is 2/7 times the kitten's weight.
That's quite the weight difference!
To find out how many times the gerbil's weight is the kitten's weight, you need to divide the weight of the kitten by the weight of the gerbil.
The weight of the gerbil is 1/4 lb.
The weight of the kitten is 7/8 lb.
To divide fractions, you should multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.
Reciprocal of 1/4 is 4/1.
Now we can find out how many times the gerbil's weight is the kitten's weight by multiplying the weight of the kitten by the reciprocal of the weight of the gerbil.
(7/8) * (4/1) = 28/8
Simplifying the fraction, we get 7/2.
Therefore, the kitten's weight is 7/2 times the gerbil's weight.
(7/8) /(1/4)
= (7/8) * (4/1)
= 7/2