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12 x 1/5= ? I got 12 1/5 is that correct?
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12 x 1/5= ? I got 12 1/5 is that correct?

User Bogdan Nechyporenko
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Yes that is correct
or in a mixed number it would be 61/5.
User Isaac Dontje Lindell
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When you're multiplying any number times a fraction with a numerator of one, that number becomes the numerator. For example:

a x 1/b = a/b

So, in your case:

12 x 1/5 = 12/5
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