Question

2 1/6*3 2/5

Answer 1

What is 2 1/6 as an improper fraction?

Answer 2

Yes

Answer 3

Then what is 2 1/6 as an improper fraction?

Answer 4

13/6?

Answer 5

Correct. What is 3 2/5 as an improper fraction?

Answer 6

17/5.

Answer 7

Good. So after converting both fractions into an improper fractions, it should look like: You know how to do the rest, correct?

Answer 8

I attempted the rest, but I did not come up with one of the optional answers which are: 7 11/30, 6 1/10, 6 1/15, and 5 23/30.

Answer 9

(13 * 17) / (6 * 5)......what do you get ?

Answer 10

Well. What did you get as your final answer?

Answer 11

Also, explain what you did. :)

Answer 12

your gonna have to turn your improper fraction back into a mixed number

Answer 13

Are you here? @zab505

Answer 14

yes

Answer 15

What did you get as your final answer?

Answer 16

221/1

Answer 17

What did you do first?

Answer 18

I made it into an improper fraction
65/30*102/30

Answer 19

Wait...
What happened to the fractions I gave you?

Answer 20

I think I know what you did wrong. Did you want to find the common demoniator for the 2 fractions?

Answer 21

Well I have to multiply both fractions

Answer 22

You don't need to find a common demoniator for the 2 fractions. :)
The only time when you need to find a common demoniator is when you're either subtracting or adding fractions.

Even if you find the common demoniator properly, you can still find the answer.

Answer 23

Oh...

Answer 24

So then what would I do next?

Answer 25

Make sense so far?

Answer 26

So you multiply both the numerator and denominator?

Answer 27

Yes. What do you get?

Answer 28

221/30

Answer 29

Great. Now we must convert it back to a mixed number.
Do you know how?

Answer 30

Yes divide 221 by 30

Answer 31

Alright. What do you get?

Answer 32

Oh 7 11/30 Thank you so much!

Answer 33

No problem. :)
I hope this help!

Answer 34

Um Do you know how to do 14/68 with remainders?

Answer 35

What do you mean?

Answer 36

You can use a calculator if you want, or you can do it another way. Does it look familar so far?

Answer 37

Sorry wrong one

Answer 38

Oh. Well this is easier. So you don't know how to do divide it with this method?

Answer 39

No

Answer 40

long division ?

Answer 41

that is easy

Answer 42

Alright. So what's the maxinmum time 14 can go into 68 sucessfully?

Answer 43

Here. Pick any reasonable number.

Answer 44

4 times

Answer 45

Oh thank you!

Answer 46

14 x 4 = 56
68 - 56 = what ?

Answer 47

Alright. You got it.
14 * 4 = 56
If you do 14 *5, it will be over 68.
So. It would look like...

Answer 48

Making sense so far?

Answer 49

Yes!