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What is 1/6 divided by 1/5?

Answer
1/6 ÷ 1/5 = 56
Fraction
56
Decimal
0.83 ≈ 0.833333
Percent
83.3333%

Step by step

  1. Keep, change, flip
    Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, and flip the second fraction upside down:
    1/6 ÷ 1/5 = 1/6 × 5/1
  2. Multiply the tops, then the bottoms
    (1 × 5)/(6 × 1) = 5/6

Check: 5/6 × 1/5 = 1/6 ✓

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1/6
1/5
= 5/6

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    What is 1/6 divided by 1/5?

    1/6 divided by 1/5 is 5/6. As a decimal it's 0.833333.

    How do you work out 1/6 ÷ 1/5?

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