Question

How do you multiply 204 times 5/12

Answer 1

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`(204)/(1) * (5)/(12)`
1)Cross Multiply
204 times 12
2)notice dividends
12 goes into 12 once, 12 goes into 204 seventeen times
3) you end up with

`(17)/(1) * (5)/(1)`
4)Multiply Across
17 times 5 is 85
85 is your solution

Answer 2

First you want to turn 5/12 into a decimal which would be .4166666
You can round that to .416
Then you multiply 204 and .416 to get 84.864.
You would round that to 85.

So 204 times 5/12 is 85.

Hope that helped! :)