Question

What is 7*2 3/7?

I think its 14 3/7

Answer 1

Hey flower,
your expression isn't clearly written.
Is this what was intended?\[\large\rm 7\cdot 2\frac37\]

Answer 2

yes!

Answer 3

Sorry about that.

Answer 4

You need to give the 7 to the 2,
but also to the fractional part,\[\large\rm 7\cdot\left(2\frac37\right)\quad=(7\cdot2)\left(\frac{7\cdot3}{7}\right)\]

Answer 5

Maybe that's unclear the way I wrote that hehe.
Have you been introduced to improper fractions yet? :)
converting to an improper fraction might make things easier.

Answer 6

I have been introduced to it I just don't get it.

Answer 7

Ummm so uh

Answer 8

14 21/7 is what you get out of that.

Answer 9

Yes :)
But 21/7 will simplify nicely.

Answer 10

Can you explain that too, im sorry I havnt done these in so long. :/

Answer 11

Hmm I'm trying to think of the right way to explain this :)
What grade are you in?
You probably haven't been introduced to the idea of "cancellation", hmm

Answer 12

im in 7th

Answer 13

I'm really stupid when it comes to fractions. cx

Answer 14

\[\large\rm 2\frac37\]Let's try to convert to an improper fraction,
if it's too confusing, we can try something else.

If I draw a circle, and let that circle represent the number 1,I can split this circle into 7 equal pieces as shown here.

So this illustrates that the number 1 can be represented by 7 out of 7 pieces.
Or in fractional terms, 7/7.

Answer 15

Yea

Answer 16

So if we have two full units,
we have 14 of these 7 pieces, yes?
Or fractionally 14/7

Answer 17

Yea I get that

Answer 18

Therefore:\[\large\rm \color{orangered}{2}\frac37\quad=\color{orangered}{\frac{14}{7}}+\frac37\]So 2 and 3/7 as an improper fraction gives us\[\large\rm \frac{17}{7}\](Remember that with fraction addition, we only add the numerators).

Answer 19

Hmm

Answer 20

So what would the answer be?

Answer 21

Try not to get intimidated by this denominator.
It's really just the "name" of the pieces.
So our pieces are "sevens" or "sevenths".

We have a bunch of these sevens.two whole sets of sevens and another 3 sevens.