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Fractions Fractions oh how I hate! please help solve this problem. I am so confused on how to solve these problems. What is the strategy for this?
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Fractions Fractions oh how I hate! please help solve this problem. I am so confused on how to solve these problems. What is the strategy for this?

Fractions Fractions oh how I hate! please help solve this problem. I am so confused-example-1
User Jens Astrup
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you put the whole number over 1 and multiply the numerators and then multiply the denominators together and if they are divisible by a number and criss cross like in this case 12 and 6 are both divisible by 6 then you simplify them
User Starnuto Di Topo
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5 over 6 ×12 equals 5/6 × 12/1
5×12 over 6×1
60 over 6
=10
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