Brooke
Brooke divided 2/3 by 1/6 and got 1/9. Her classmate told her that she wasn't correct. What do you think went wrong with Brooke's solution? Explain your answer in 2 - 3 sentences.
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Brooke, instead of division, performs multiplication. To divide by 1/6, he needs to multiply by reciprocal of 1/6, which is 6. So he misses making of reciprocal of second fractions of division.
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