{"id":261851,"date":"2025-07-20T09:08:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=261851"},"modified":"2025-07-20T09:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:08:20","slug":"find-the-quotient-of-2-8-and-3-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/20\/find-the-quotient-of-2-8-and-3-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Find the quotient of 2\/8 and 3\/4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Find the quotient of 2\/8 and 3\/4. 2. What is 3 1\/3 divided by 2\/3? 3. What will be the result if 2 2\/4 is divided by 2\/5? 4. What is the quotient of 4 2\/3 and 1 2\/4?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s go through each of these questions step by step:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Find the quotient of 2\/8 and 3\/4.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To divide fractions, you multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal (inverse) of the second fraction. 28\u00f734=28\u00d743\\frac{2}{8} \\div \\frac{3}{4} = \\frac{2}{8} \\times \\frac{4}{3}82\u200b\u00f743\u200b=82\u200b\u00d734\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, simplify the fractions: 28=14\\frac{2}{8} = \\frac{1}{4}82\u200b=41\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now multiply: 14\u00d743=1\u00d744\u00d73=412=13\\frac{1}{4} \\times \\frac{4}{3} = \\frac{1 \\times 4}{4 \\times 3} = \\frac{4}{12} = \\frac{1}{3}41\u200b\u00d734\u200b=4\u00d731\u00d74\u200b=124\u200b=31\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> The quotient is 13\\frac{1}{3}31\u200b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. What is 3 1\/3 divided by 2\/3?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To divide mixed numbers, first convert the mixed number to an improper fraction. 313=1033 \\frac{1}{3} = \\frac{10}{3}331\u200b=310\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, divide by 23\\frac{2}{3}32\u200b: 103\u00f723=103\u00d732\\frac{10}{3} \\div \\frac{2}{3} = \\frac{10}{3} \\times \\frac{3}{2}310\u200b\u00f732\u200b=310\u200b\u00d723\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiply the fractions: 10\u00d733\u00d72=306=5\\frac{10 \\times 3}{3 \\times 2} = \\frac{30}{6} = 53\u00d7210\u00d73\u200b=630\u200b=5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> The result is 555.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. What will be the result if 2 2\/4 is divided by 2\/5?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, convert the mixed number 2242 \\frac{2}{4}242\u200b to an improper fraction: 224=104=522 \\frac{2}{4} = \\frac{10}{4} = \\frac{5}{2}242\u200b=410\u200b=25\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now divide by 25\\frac{2}{5}52\u200b: 52\u00f725=52\u00d752\\frac{5}{2} \\div \\frac{2}{5} = \\frac{5}{2} \\times \\frac{5}{2}25\u200b\u00f752\u200b=25\u200b\u00d725\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiply the fractions: 5\u00d752\u00d72=254\\frac{5 \\times 5}{2 \\times 2} = \\frac{25}{4}2\u00d725\u00d75\u200b=425\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Convert this back to a mixed number: 254=614\\frac{25}{4} = 6 \\frac{1}{4}425\u200b=641\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> The result is 6146 \\frac{1}{4}641\u200b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. What is the quotient of 4 2\/3 and 1 2\/4?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Convert both mixed numbers to improper fractions. For 4234 \\frac{2}{3}432\u200b: 423=1434 \\frac{2}{3} = \\frac{14}{3}432\u200b=314\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For 1241 \\frac{2}{4}142\u200b: 124=64=321 \\frac{2}{4} = \\frac{6}{4} = \\frac{3}{2}142\u200b=46\u200b=23\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now divide 143\\frac{14}{3}314\u200b by 32\\frac{3}{2}23\u200b: 143\u00f732=143\u00d723\\frac{14}{3} \\div \\frac{3}{2} = \\frac{14}{3} \\times \\frac{2}{3}314\u200b\u00f723\u200b=314\u200b\u00d732\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiply the fractions: 14\u00d723\u00d73=289\\frac{14 \\times 2}{3 \\times 3} = \\frac{28}{9}3\u00d7314\u00d72\u200b=928\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Convert 289\\frac{28}{9}928\u200b to a mixed number: 289=319\\frac{28}{9} = 3 \\frac{1}{9}928\u200b=391\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> The quotient is 3193 \\frac{1}{9}391\u200b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary of answers:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The quotient of 28\\frac{2}{8}82\u200b and 34\\frac{3}{4}43\u200b is 13\\frac{1}{3}31\u200b.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>313\u00f723=53 \\frac{1}{3} \\div \\frac{2}{3} = 5331\u200b\u00f732\u200b=5.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>224\u00f725=6142 \\frac{2}{4} \\div \\frac{2}{5} = 6 \\frac{1}{4}242\u200b\u00f752\u200b=641\u200b.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The quotient of 4234 \\frac{2}{3}432\u200b and 1241 \\frac{2}{4}142\u200b is 3193 \\frac{1}{9}391\u200b.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner6-1186.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261863\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find the quotient of 2\/8 and 3\/4. 2. 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