Basic Arithmetic : Operations with Fractions

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Example Questions

Example Question #181 : Fractions

Multiply these fractions:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When multiplying fractions, all we have to do is multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together:

Simply the fraction to get the final answer:

Example Question #191 : Basic Arithmetic

Multiply these fractions:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When multiplying fractions, all we have to do is multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together:

Simply the fraction to get the final answer:

Example Question #21 : Multiplying And Dividing Fractions

Multiply these fractions:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When multiplying fractions, all we have to do is multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together:

Simply the fraction to get the final answer:

Example Question #11 : Fractions

Multiply these fractions:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When multiplying fractions, all we have to do is multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together:

Simply the fraction to get the final answer:

Example Question #12 : Fractions

Multiply these fractions:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When multiplying fractions, all we have to do is multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together:

Simply the fraction to get the final answer:

Example Question #13 : Fractions

Multiply these fractions:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When multiplying fractions, all we have to do is multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together:

Simplify the fraction to get the final answer:

Example Question #1 : Division With Fractions

Solve the following: 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The correct answer is  and can be found by using reciprocals as shown below:

The first step is to identify that 4 can be written as 4 divided by 1. You can then take the first fraction and multiple it by the reciprocal of the second fraction, which can be found by switching the numerator and denominator. From there, you solve and simplify until you get to the final answer.

Example Question #1 : Division With Fractions

Evaluate the following division problem and express the resulting fraction in its simplest form.

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Explanation:

In order to divide two fractions you simply find the inverse of either fraction, and multiply that by the other fraction.

To find the inverse of a fraction, you just switch the numerator and the denominator.

The inverse of is .

So to divide:

We turn it into the following multiplication problem:

We multiply the numerators by each other and the denominators by each other to carry out the multiplication:

Both 192 and 15 are divisible by 3, so we divide 192 by 3 and 15 by 3 and are left with:

 

Example Question #12 : Operations With Fractions

Determine the answer as an improper fraction:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

1. Invert the second fraction:

2. Multiply the two fractions:

3. Reduce the improper fraction:

So the improper fraction can be reduced to .

Example Question #1 : Division With Fractions

Please choose the best answer for the question below. 

What is  divided by ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To divide fractions, simply invert the second fraction and multiply.  So,  divided by  becomes:

reduce to find the correct answer:

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