Reciprocals — Definition & Examples
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- Division and Reciprocals A number's reciprocal is the upside down version of that number when it's written as a fraction. Another name for reciprocal is multiplicative inverse. …
By Hannah Bonville, Zora Gilbert, Alex Federspiel, Jonathan Heller, Caroline K, Joshua Siktar
- Turn that Frown Upside Down A reciprocal of a number is 111 divided by the number. Before we start complaining about having to do division, there's a really easy way to find the…
By Alex Federspiel, Jonathan Heller, Caroline K, Joshua Siktar
- (Video) Art of Problem Solving: What's a Reciprocal? by Art of Problem Solving This video by Richard Rusczyk explains why we have reciprocals of numbers. Summary\large{\text{Sum…
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Problems 22
- What is the reciprocal of xxx?
- What are reciprocal pairs?
- What is the reciprocal of 777?
- What is the reciprocal of −3-3−3?
- What is the only real number that does not have a reciprocal?
- Suppose Sam's opportunity cost for ironing 111 shirt is cooking 333 meals, meaning that he needs the same amount of time to iron 111 shirt as he needs to cook 333 meals. What wo…
- Find the reciprocal of x(x+1)2\frac{x}{\left(x+1\right)^2}(x+1)2x
- The reciprocal of 333 plus the reciprocal of 444 is the reciprocal of what number?
- Find the reciprocal of −11.5-11.5−11.5
- Find the reciprocal of 6236\frac{2}{3}632
- Solve for aaa in 12=−32a12=-\frac{3}{2}a12=−23a.
- What is the reciprocal of 89\frac{8}{9}98?
- Which of the following is equivalent to the inverse of 1s+t\frac{1}{s+t}s+t1?
- Patty is baking a pumpkin pie for a potluck party. If Patty cuts xxx equally-sized pieces of pie, what is the size of each piece, written as a fraction of the whole pie?
- What is 101010 times the reciprocal of 222?
- What is 444 times the reciprocal of 888?
- What is 4π4\pi4π times the reciprocal of π\piπ?
- What is 555 times the reciprocal of −12\frac{-1}{2}2−1?
- What's the reciprocal of ab\frac{a}{b}ba?
- What is the reciprocal of 111?
- Is the sign of a value preserved when we take its reciprocal?
- What is the reciprocal of 163\frac{16}{3}316?