What is 15 divided 1/3

Answer: 45

Explanation: Remember that dividing by a fraction is the same thing as multiplying by the reciprocal of that fraction or that fraction flipped.

Also, think of the 15 in this problem as 15/1.

So we can rewrite 15/1 : 1/3 as 15/1 · 3/1.

Multiplying across the numerators and the denominators,

we find that our answer is 45/1 or just 45.