Fractions & decimals
Multiply and divide fractions, and work with decimals.
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To multiply fractions, top times top, bottom times bottom.
Look: Take ¾ of a bar, then ⅔ of that piece. You are left with half the bar.
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1½ × ⅓ = ?
2¾ ÷ ⅜ = ?
32.5 × 0.6 = ?
! Careful!
✗Flipping the first fraction when dividing.
✓Flip the second one.
✗0.4 × 0.3 = 1.2.
✓Count the decimal places (2 in all): 0.12.
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To multiply fractions, top times top, bottom times bottom.
"Of" means times: ⅔ of ¾ = ⅔ × ¾ = 6/12 = ½. To divide by a fraction, flip it and multiply.
Think of it like thisHalf of a half-bar of chocolate is a quarter of the bar: ½ × ½ = ¼.
- Flip
- ⅖ flipped is 5/2.
Solved together
How many ¾-cup scoops are there in 6 cups of rice?
This asks: how many ¾ fit into 6? So divide.
6 ÷ ¾Flip ¾ and multiply.
6 × 4/3 = 24/3 = 8Check: 8 scoops of ¾ is 6. ✓
Answer8 scoops.
Now practise it
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