What is the result of 3 divided by three-fifths?

Question

A number line going from 0 to 3.
One-ninth
One-fifth
5
9

Answer 1

To divide by a fraction, you can multiply by its reciprocal.

So, when you divide 3 by three-fifths, you can rewrite it as:

\[ 3 \div \frac{3}{5} = 3 \times \frac{5}{3} \]

Now, you can simplify this:

\[ 3 \times \frac{5}{3} = \frac{3 \times 5}{3} = \frac{15}{3} = 5 \]

Thus, the result of \( 3 \div \frac{3}{5} \) is \( 5 \).

So the answer is 5.