Question

Understanding of Multiplying by a Fraction Name: Draw a number line model to represent each multiplication problem. Then solve the problem.2/3×1/2=how do you do this

Answer 1

We have following:

1.

`(2)/(3)\cdot(1)/(2)=(2\cdot1)/(3\cdot2)=(2)/(6)=(1)/(3)`

2.

`(5)/(6)\cdot(3)/(4)=(5\cdot3)/(6\cdot4)=(15)/(24)=(5)/(8)`