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Students seem to miss the fact that division is actually multiplication by the reciprocal or the inverse of multiplication. This question attempts to address that.

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The expression $\\var{num}\\div \\var{den}$ is one number divided by another. We can get the same answer by doing $\\var{num}$ multiplied by what number?

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$\\var{num}\\div \\var{den}=\\var{num}\\times\\frac{1}{\\var{den}}$.

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For example, dividing a number by 2 is the same as multiplying that number by a half. 

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