Question

1/4*3/5 (those are fractions not division)
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Answer 1

@KyleWells17 can you help me?

Answer 2

i could help dude/

Answer 3

so its 1/4 times 3/5 right?

Answer 4

yea

Answer 5

ight.

Answer 6

???

Answer 7

sorry dude, nm.

Answer 8

idk, i always get lost when i comes to making the denominators the same.

Answer 9

Its ok :)

Answer 10

@ash_heather1 what is the gcf

Answer 11

20?

Answer 12

20

Answer 13

1 multiplied by 3 is

Answer 14

yea then do to the top what you did to the bottom right?

Answer 15

i think so

Answer 16

what is ur answer

Answer 17

5/20+12/20=17/20

Answer 18

wheredid the 5 and 12 come from

Answer 19

since 4*5=20 i have to do 1*5 and since i did 5*4=20 i had to do 2*4

Answer 20

ok, i believe you are correct

Answer 21

incorrect...

a simplier way to find the answer is too multiply across...\[\frac{ 1 }{ 4 } \times \frac{ 3 }{ 5 } = \frac{ ? }{ 20 }\] what i typed eariler was incorrect plz forgive me

Answer 22

Cross multiply, so 1x5 and 4x3 = what /20

Answer 23

isint it 17?

Answer 24

yes

Answer 25

you final answer

Answer 26

17/20

Answer 27

hmmm thats not what i got i got 3/20...

Answer 28

ok

Answer 29

3/20 what

Answer 30

i thought you cross multiply

Answer 31

we are multiplying the fraction not cross multiplying...

you use cross multiplication to find out which fraction is larger but not when multiplying two fracions into one

Answer 32

3/20

Answer 33

ok im confused...

Answer 34

im srry....

example of cross multiplication.. https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/cross-multiply.html

when doing problems like yours you would simply multiply across so 1 x 3 and 4 x 5

Answer 35

oh ok i got it! thanks

Answer 36

np glad u got it ^^