Is 5/1 equal to 1/5?

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Is 5/1 equal to 1/5?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-09T00:38:03

No, see below.

Explanation:

No, $\frac{5}{1} \neq \frac{1}{5}$ $5/1!=1/5$

$\frac{5}{1} = 5$ $5/1=5$ , and $\frac{1}{5} = 0.2$ $1/5=0.2$

$5 \neq 0.2$ $5!=0.2$ , therefore $\frac{5}{1} \neq \frac{1}{5}$ $5/1!=1/5$

Answer 2 · 2018-05-09T00:43:12

No.

Explanation:

Divide the numerator by the denominator.

$\frac{5}{1} = 5$ $5/1=5$

$\frac{1}{5} = 0.2$ $1/5=0.2$

$\frac{1}{5}$ $1/5$ and $\frac{5}{1}$ $5/1$ are reciprocals.

When multiplied, they equal $1$ $1$ .

$\frac{5}{1} \times \frac{1}{5} = \frac{5}{5}$ $5/1xx1/5=5/5$

$\frac{5}{5} = 1$ $5/5=1$

Answer 3 · 2018-05-12T06:51:25

$\frac{5}{1} \neq \frac{1}{5}$ $5/1 != 1/5$

Explanation:

If you place each of these numbers on the numberline you will see they are in totally different positions,

$\frac{5}{1} = 5$ $5/1 = 5$ is a whole number between $4 and 6$ $4 and 6$

$\frac{1}{5}$ $1/5$ is a proper fraction. It means a whole, divided into five equal portions, each being $\frac{1}{5}$ $1/5$ . It is between $0 and 1$ $0 and 1$ on the number line, in fact it is even smaller than $\frac{1}{2} or \frac{1}{4}$ $1/2 or 1/4$ .

So no, they are not equal.

In the same way $\frac{2}{1} \neq \frac{1}{2}$ $2/1 != 1/2$ . etc

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