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Reciprocal
Last updated at October 6, 2025 by Teachoo
Class 7 (Ganita Prakash 1, 2 & old NCERT)
Chapter 8 Class 7 - Working with Fractions (Ganita Prakash)
- Fractions - Quick Revision
- Multiplication of Fractions
- Figure it out - Page 176, 177
- Multiplying Two Fractions
- Figure it out - Page 180, 181
- Simplifying Fractions after Multiplication
- Figure it out - Page 183, 184
- Properties of Multiplication
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Division of Fractions
- Some Problems Involving Fractions (Page 190, 191)
- Fractional Relations
- Figure it out - Page 196 to 198
Transcript
Reciprocal What is a Reciprocal? It's simply a "flipped" fraction, also known as the Multiplicative Inverse. Finding the Reciprocal is Easy! Just swap the numerator and the denominator. ■(" Original Fraction " &&" Reciprocal " @3/5&⟶&5/3) The Magic Property A number multiplied by its reciprocal always equals 1 . 3/5×5/3=15/15=1 How to Handle Whole Numbers Why Does This Matter? Finding the reciprocal is the key to solving fraction division! It allows us to turn a tricky division problem into a simple multiplication problem, which we already know how to solve.
