In multiplying fractions, you simply multiply straight across the numerator and straight across the denominator. If you have "a" divided by "b" times "c" divided by "d," that just equals "a" times "c" ...

“Who would draw a picture to divide 2/3 by 3/4?” asked Marina Ratner, a professor emerita of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley, in a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece.

The answer may be simplified before calculation using the highest common factor (HCF). close highest common factor (HCF) The largest factor that will divide into the selected numbers. Eg, 10 is the ...

A lot of students begin by finding a common denominator for the dividend and divisor when dividing by a fraction. And a lot of teachers intervene by saying, “Remember, you only need a common ...

Ah, math. It’s why I became an English major. But now math is spinning back around and haunting me in the form of my fifth grader. Last night, I found myself dealing with how to multiply fractions as ...

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In fourth grade, students focus most on using all four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - to solve multi-step word problems involving multi-digit numbers. Fourth-grade ...

When you multiply numbers together, you’re looking at how many groups of, or lots of, something you have. You can use this same thinking, when you are multiplying fractions. For example: \( \frac{2}{3 ...