Roy has 4-1/2 pizzas for the soccer team to split after the game. if each member is going to get 1/2 a pizza, how many players are on the soccer team?

9.

4-1/2:1/2=9 or

9x1/2=4-1/2

example 2 – simplify: step 1: completely factor both the numerators and denominators of all fractions. step 2: change the division sign to a multiplication sign and flip (or reciprocate) the fraction after the division sign; essential you need to multiply by the reciprocal. step 3 : cancel or reduce the fractions.