Question

Nora describes a pattern in terms of scaling.

Fill in the blanks to complete Nora's observation. Use the words and phrases in
the box.

Answer 1

When you multiply a number by a fraction less than 1, the product is less than the original number because you are finding a part of the number.

When you multiply a number by a fraction that is greater than 1, the product is greater than the original number because you are finding more than the whole of the number.

When you multiply a number by a fraction that is equal to 1, the product is equal to the original number because you are keeping the number the same.

Answer 2

a. less than

b. finding a part of the number

c. greater than

d. finding more than the whole of the number

e. equal to

f. keeping the number the same

Explanation:

I'm going in left to right (standard English reading) order.