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I am sure i am going to learn this in school, but i really want to be "ahead" of the class like the smart ones. I know how to divide whole numbers by UNIT fractions but i don't know how to divide whole numbers by REGULAR fractions Please help me!!smiley




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It is really simple if you know the trick. The trick is understanding that whatever you do equally to the top and bottom of a fraction does not change it.

Example:  5/7  I can multiply the top and bottom by 3 and nothing changes

15/21 = 5/7

So you use the same concept to clear the fractions. In your example you have

-6 / (2/3)

Multiply the bottom by 3 and top by 3 to make the bottom part a whole number.

-6 * 3 / (2/3)*3 = -18 / 2

Now simplify: -18/2 = -9

In more advanced math, like algebra, you will use this concept all the time, but instead of top / bottom, you can do anything as long as you do it to both sides of the equals sign. Very powerful concept that will take  you far in math.
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