The Relationship Between Multiplication and Division

The Relationship Between Multiplication and Division
Introduction

Multiplication and division are closely related operations. Understanding their relationship helps solve problems more easily and check answers for ...

One afternoon, Maya goes out to walk her dog and ends up covering a total distance of five-sixths of a mile.

Each lap is one-third of a mile, and she wants to know how many laps she walked.

To solve this, divide five-sixths by one-third.

Keep the first fraction, change the division to multiplication, and flip the second fracti...