Question

Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 4 5/8 inches and a width of 1/2 inch? Is it A. 16/37 in2, B. 37/16 in2, C. 37/2 in2, D. 37/8 in2.

Answer 1

Area is length times width. Our length and width are 4 5/8 and 1/2 respectively, so the formula for the area is
`A=4 (5)/(8)* (1)/(2)`. It will be easier to get that mixed fraction into an improper one and then multiply the fractions straight across the top and straight across the bottom.
`A= (37)/(8)* (1)/(2)`. Doing that multiplication gives us
`A= (37)/(16)`, choice B.