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What is 1 divided by 2/3?

Answer
1 ÷ 2/3 = 1 12
Fraction
32
Mixed number
1 12
Decimal
1.5
Percent
150%

Step by step

  1. Write each number as a fraction
    1 = 1/1
  2. Keep, change, flip
    Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, and flip the second fraction upside down:
    1/1 ÷ 2/3 = 1/1 × 3/2
  3. Multiply the tops, then the bottoms
    (1 × 3)/(1 × 2) = 3/2
  4. Write it as a mixed number
    3 ÷ 2 = 1 remainder 1, so 3/2 = 1 1/2

Check: 3/2 × 2/3 = 1 ✓

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1
2/3
= 3/2

Each bar is one whole, split into equal parts.

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    What is 1 divided by 2/3?

    1 divided by 2/3 is 1 1/2, which is 3/2 as an improper fraction. As a decimal it's 1.5.

    How do you work out 1 ÷ 2/3?

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

    What is 1 divided by 2/3 as an improper fraction?

    3/2.