BY taking the square root you can find each of them as follows:
1. sqrt(144) = 12
2. sqrt(25/289) = 5/17
The reciprocal of 3/5 is 5/3.
To get the reciprocal of a fraction, just turn it upside down.
A fraction has a numerator, top number, and a denominator, bottom number.
To get the reciprocal of a fraction, just swap over the numerator and denominator.
If whole numbers, to get the reciprocal of whole number, just divide the whole number by 1 to make it into a fraction, then get the reciprocal of that fraction.
A ration is basically a fraction. It can be written different ways i.e. 2/3 or 2:3. They are both the same thing. There are 5 girls out of 39 students... ratio= 5/39 or 5:39
