Dividing fractions is just about as easy; there's just one extra step. When you divide by a fraction, the first thing you do is flip-n-multiply. That is, you take the second fraction, flip it upside-down (find the reciprocal), and multiply the first fraction by this flipped fraction.1  Simplify. 2  Simplify.ultiplying fractions is easy: you multiply the top numbers and multiply the bottom numbers. For instance: When possible, you reduce. In the example above, however, nothing reduces, because 8 and 45 have no factors in common.
Sodium phosphate tablets are prescribed by the doctor doing the colonoscopy. There are two different brands, depending on which your doctor prescribes -- Visicol, a 40-tablet regimen, and Osmo-Prep, a 32-tablet regimen.
A small video camera is attached to the colonoscope so that your doctor can take pictures or video of the large intestine (colon). The colonoscope can be used to look at the whole colon and the lower part of the small intestine. A test called sigmoidoscopy shows only the rectum and the lower part of the colon. Before this test, you will need to clean out your colon (colon prep). Colon prep takes 1 to 2 days, depending on which type of prep your doctor recommends. Some preps may be taken the evening before the test.