In multiplying fractions, you simply multiply straight across the numerator and straight across the denominator. If you have "a" divided by "b" times "c" divided by "d," that just equals "a" times "c" ...
Work out \(\frac{3}{5} \times \frac{2}{3}\). Work out \(2 \frac{1}{3} \times 1 \frac{1}{2}\). \(2 \frac{1}{3} = \frac{7}{3}\) (\(\frac{2 \times 3 + 1}{3}\)) and \(1 ...
“Who would draw a picture to divide 2/3 by 3/4?” asked Marina Ratner, a professor emerita of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley, in a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece.
Many children never master fractions. When asked whether 12/13 + 7/8 was closest to 1, 2, 19, or 21, only 24% of a nationally representative sample of more than 20,000 US 8th graders answered ...