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Think About the Process  A bakery slices a special holiday dessert into 8 pieces. A customer buys ​one-fourth of the entire dessert. How do you find one fourth
divided byone eighth
​? How many pieces does the customer​ buy? Use pencil and paper. Explain why the quotient gives the number of pieces.
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Part 1
How do you find one fourth
divided byone eighth
​?
A.
Multiply one fourth
by one eighth
and find the reciprocal.
B.
Multiply one fourth
by the reciprocal of one eighth
.
C.
Multiply the reciprocal of one fourth
by the reciprocal of one eighth
.
D.
Multiply one eighth
by the reciprocal of one fourth
.
How do you find @DIV{1;4}@DIV{1;8}?
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Correct choice: B.

Work: 1/4 ÷ 1/8 = 1/4 × (reciprocal of 1/8) = 1/4 × 8/1 = 8/4 = 2.

Interpretation: dividing 1/4 by 1/8 asks “how many eighths are in one fourth?” Since 1/4 = 2/8, there are 2 pieces. So the customer buys 2 pieces.