Inverse Property of Multiplication — Definition & Examples
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- A (nonzero) number multiplied by its reciprocal equals 111 If you write a number as a fraction, that number's reciprocal is a fraction with the numerator and the denominator swi…
By Zora Gilbert, Alex Federspiel, Jonathan Heller, Caroline K, Victor Wang, Joshua Siktar
- (Video) Inverse Property of Addition and Multiplication by William Chermak Here's another video by William Chermak. This one covers the inverse property of multiplication. It al…
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- A number times its reciprocal equals 111 A number's reciprocal is just the number, but upside-down. For example, the reciprocal of 34\frac{3}{4}43 is 43\frac{4}{3}34 and the r…
By Zora Gilbert, Alex Federspiel, Caroline K, Joshua Siktar
Problems 36
- 4 × ?=14\,\times\,?=14×?=1
- ?×18=1?\times\frac{1}{8}=1?×81=1
- ?×34=1?\times\frac{3}{4}=1?×43=1
- ?×79 =1?\times\frac{7}{9}\ =1?×97 =1
- Solve 314⋅x=1\frac{3}{14}\cdot x =1143⋅x=1 for xxx.
- 13 × ?=1\frac{1}{3}\,\times\,?=131×?=1
- 5×?=15\times?=15×?=1
- 16×116= ?16\times\frac{1}{16} =\,?16×161=?
- 18×?=1\frac{1}{8}\times?=181×?=1
- ?×1?=1?\times\frac{1}{?} =1?×?1=1
- ?×112 =1?\times\frac{1}{\frac{1}{2}}\ =1?×211 =1
- Which of the following is the multiplicative inverse of 26\frac{2}{6}62?
- Solve 746⋅x=1\frac{7}{46}\cdot x =1467⋅x=1 for xxx.
- What is the multiplicative inverse of xxx?
- Which of the following is the same as the reciprocal of a number?
- What do you multiply a number by to get 111?
- 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 nnn times the inverse of nnn for any nonzero number nnn?
- Miranda works at the grocery store and is busy restocking the shelves. If it takes her about 101010 minutes to stock one aisle, and there are 666 aisles in the store, how many h…
- bc×?b=1\frac{b}{c}\times \frac{?}{b} = 1cb×b?=1
- xy×?=1\frac{x}{y} \times ? = 1yx×?=1
- Which property is the following: 14×−1=−14\frac14\times-1=-\frac1441×−1=−41
- Which of the following is the multiplicative inverse of −25100-\frac{25}{100}−10025 ?
- What is the multiplicative inverse of 111?
- What is the multiplicative inverse of 000?
- Is the multiplicative inverse of 121212 the same as the multiplicative inverse of −12-12−12?
- If two numbers have the same multiplicative inverse, are these two numbers equal?
- Is the multiplicative inverse of a negative number negative?
- Is it possible for a number to have two different multiplicative inverse?
- The inverse property of multiplication means you can "undo" a multiplication by multiplying an additional number. For example: 11×5×?=1111\times 5\times ? = 1111×5×?=11 What sho…
- The inverse property of multiplication means you can "undo" a multiplication by multiplying an additional number. For example: 19×13×?=1919\times \frac{1}{3}\times ? = 1919×31×…
- 10×x5×?=1010\times \frac{x}{5} \times ? = 1010×5x×?=10 What is ?
- 5×7×x=75\times 7\times x = 75×7×x=7 What is xxx?
- y×z=1y\times z =1y×z=1 Are yyy and zzz the multiplicative inverse of each other?
- Find the value of xxx. x9×94=1\frac{x}{9}\times\frac{9}{4}=19x×49=1