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What is 1/3 divided by 1/2?

Answer
1/3 ÷ 1/2 = 23
Fraction
23
Decimal
0.6 ≈ 0.666667
Percent
66.6667%

Step by step

  1. Keep, change, flip
    Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, and flip the second fraction upside down:
    1/3 ÷ 1/2 = 1/3 × 2/1
  2. Multiply the tops, then the bottoms
    (1 × 2)/(3 × 1) = 2/3

Check: 2/3 × 1/2 = 1/3 ✓

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1/3
1/2
= 2/3

Each bar is one whole, split into equal parts.

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    What is 1/3 divided by 1/2?

    1/3 divided by 1/2 is 2/3. As a decimal it's 0.666667.

    How do you work out 1/3 ÷ 1/2?

    Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, flip the second fraction, then multiply and simplify. The steps above show each line.