Divide. Write your answer in simplest form.
1/5 ÷ 4
(1/5) / 4
multiply top and bottom by 5
5 (1/5) / (5*4)
= 1 /20
1/5 divided by 4 = .20 divided by 4 = .05
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Now, back to business: to divide fractions, we need to remember that dividing is the same as multiplying by the reciprocal of the second fraction. So, 1/5 ÷ 4 is the same as 1/5 multiplied by 1/4.
Multiplying these fractions gives us 1/20, which is our final answer.
To divide fractions, we can multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. The reciprocal of a fraction is obtained by swapping the numerator and denominator.
In this case, we want to divide 1/5 by 4. The reciprocal of 4 is 1/4.
So, we can rewrite the division as multiplication: 1/5 × 1/4.
To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators together and the denominators together.
1 × 1 = 1
5 × 4 = 20
Therefore, 1/5 ÷ 4 is equal to 1/20.
So, the simplified answer is 1/20.