Question

1 1/2 X 1 2/5

Answer 1

This is a multiplication problem involving "mixed numbers." You'll find it much easier to do this multiplication if you'd re-write each mixed number as an improper fraction:

\[1\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }=\frac{ 3 }{ 2},~and~1\frac{ 2 }{ 5 }=\frac{ 7 }{ 2 }.\]Please go ahead and multiply: (3/2)(7/2), or\[\frac{ 3 }{ 2 }\frac{ 7 }{ 2 }=?\]

Answer 2

Note that you could also convert the given mixed numbers to mixed numbers with decimal fractions. 1 1/2 becomes 1.5 and 1 2/5 becomes 1.4. Try multiplying: (1.5)(1.4). Compare your result here to your previous result.

Answer 3

6/14?

Answer 4

2.1??

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

thank you!!!

Answer 7

off to write a paper!!!

Answer 8

Sorry to "rain on your parade," but \[\frac{ 3 }{ 2 }\frac{ 7 }{ 2 }\] does not equal 6/14. You apparently assumed that this was an equation (which it is not) and tried cross-multiplication. NO.

Instead, MULTIPLY these two fractions together, as per
"1 1/2 X 1 2/5".

Answer 9

now i got 5 1/4 and that is not one of my answers.... now i am completely lost...

Answer 10

ok i got 2 1/10