Divide. reduce the answer to lowest terms.
3/8 divided by 1/7

, or

Use the Keep Change Flip method.  Change the sign to multiplication and flip the second fraction.  

Multiply the numerators and the denominators separatley.  

This cannot be simplified further, but it can be converted to a mixed number (as opposed to an improper fraction).  

answer: the answer is one of

step-by-step explanation:   we are given to write a proper fraction where the whole is divided into an even number of equal parts less than ten, and an odd number of those parts exist.

an even number less than 10 may be one of 2, 4, 6 or 8. so, the whole may be one of these four evens.

now, an odd number of these parts must exist, so the numerator must be an odd number, one of 1, 3, 5 or 7. it cannot be 9 because then the fraction will become improper.

thus, our fraction may be one of the following

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