Question

Find the reciprocal of the following fraction. Classify the reciprocal as proper fraction, improper fraction and whole number.
$\dfrac{1}{8}$.

Answer 1

Hint: Here we need to find the reciprocal of a number i.e., the multiplicative inverse of a number.

Complete step-by-step answer:
As you know that the reciprocal of a number is one divided by the number.
So, when we multiply a number by its reciprocal we get 1.
As,
$\dfrac{1}{8} \times 8 = 1$

Therefore we can say that the reciprocal of $\dfrac{1}{8}$ is 8 which is a whole number.

Note: In this concept you must remember that every number has a reciprocal except 0 and sometimes in questions instead of reciprocal it is given to find out ‘multiplicative inverse’ which is the same thing.