Multiplicative Inverse is Another name for Reciprocal.
What you multiply by a number to get 1
Example
7 × (1/7) = 1
In other words:
When we multiply a number by its “Multiplicative Inverse” we get 1.
But not when the number is 0 because 1/0 is undefined!
More Examples of Multiplicative Inverse
Number | Multiplicative inverse |
2 | 1/2 |
3 | 1/3 |
5 | 1/5 |
1/4 | 4/1 = 4 |
1/7 | 7/1 = 7 |
1/11 | 11/1 = 11 |
2/3 | 3/2 |
3/4 | 4/3 |
4/7 | 7/4 |