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How to Multiply and Divide Fractions

How to Multiply and Divide Fractions. By Frank Wang. Multiplication and Division With Fractions. You know adding and subtracting fractions, right?

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How to Multiply and Divide Fractions

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  1. How to Multiply and Divide Fractions By Frank Wang

  2. Multiplication and Division With Fractions You know adding and subtracting fractions, right? This PowerPoint is about the other two operations: multiplication and division! Although it is very hard to show it with real life items, it is very simple with regular numbers.

  3. Part one: MultiplyingFractions

  4. Multiplication Here is a rule for whole number multiplication: the product of the two numbers will be greater than the two factors. Well, multiplication with fractions is the complete OPPOSITE of that rule. When you multiply fractions, the product is LESS than the two factors. This happens because a fraction is LESS than one, and anything multiplied by one is itself.

  5. How to This is very easy. There are only two steps to multiplying fractions. First, Multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together.

  6. Step 1 EXAMPLE 4/6 x 7/8 = ? 4x7= 28 6x8= 48 ANSWER: 28/48

  7. Step 2 EXAMPLE So, your answer is 28/48, right? NO! You have to simplify the fraction. To do this, you have to first find the GCF*. 28: 4, 7, 28, 1, 2, 14 48: 6, 8, 48, 1, 2, 24, 4, 12, 16, 3 *If 1 is the GCF, it is already in simplest form!

  8. GCF After that, divide the numerator and the denominator by the GCF. 28 ÷ 4 = 7 48 ÷ 4 = 12 So, the answer is 7/12.

  9. Checking To check if you did this step correctly or not, see if the numerator and denominator still have a common GCF. Let’s say when I wrote out the factors, I didn’t realize that 4 was there, so I chose 2. I would have gotten 14/24. I would then list the factors of these two numbers to check. 14: 7,2,1,14 24: 6, 4, 8, 3, 12, 2, 24, 1 14 ÷ 2 = 7 24 ÷ 2 = 12 So, the answer is 7/12.

  10. Part 2: Dividing Fractions

  11. Division For dividing whole numbers, the quotient is less than the dividend and divisor. Well, if you do it with fractions, the quotient is greater than the dividend and divisor. This is because of the reason that the multiplication works.

  12. How to Division is pretty much the same as multiplication. The first thing you have to do is flip one of the fractions around* and change the division sign to a multiplications sign. Then, you just have to regularly multiply like you would if they were normal fractions. *Numerator to denominator, denominator to numerator.

  13. Step 1 Example 4/6 ÷ 7/8 = 4/6 ÷ 8/7 x 4/6 x 8/7

  14. Step 2 Example 4/6 x 8/7 4x8=32 6x7=42

  15. Step 3 Example Put it in SIMPLEST FORM like you did with multiplication. Make sure you check! A: 16/21

  16. Check Do you understand the concept of multiplying and dividing fractions now? Good. Check if you know with these problems. 5/6 x 7/9 2/5 ÷ 3/5

  17. Multiplication Answer The answer is 35/54. Here is how. 5 x 7 = 35 6 x 9 = 54

  18. Division Answer The answer is 2/3. Here is how I got it. 2/5 ÷ 3/5 = 2/5 x 5/3 2 x 5 = 10 5 x 3 = 15

  19. Final review Last question: What is the fraction of the questions that you got correct divided by the amount you got wrong?

  20. Answer There are different answers depending on the amount you got right and wrong. The possibilities are : • 0 ( 4/0 ) • 1 ( 2/2 )

  21. Thank you for Participating!!! Presentation by Frank Wang PowerPoint by Frank Wang Examples by Frank Wang Everything else ( except the methods) by Frank Wang

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