Friday, January 14, 2011

Multiplying Fractions

Explain why, when you multiply fractions, you get a smaller number?

26 comments:

  1. Wave 26
    When you multiply fractions, the number gets smaller because you are taking a part of a fraction.
    EX. 2/3 x 2/5 = 4/15

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  2. Waves 24 The reason that you get a smaller number is because that when you multiply a fraction with a fraction you are taking a piece of the other number making it smaller.

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  3. waves 22 When you multiply fractions it gets smaller because you are taking a piece from a piece.

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  4. Waves20
    When you multiply fractions you get a smaller number because you are taking a piece from a piece.

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  5. The reason you get a smaller number is because you are taking a piece of the fraction.

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  6. waves30
    when you multiply you get a smaller # because you take a part from a part

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  7. it gets small beacuse you have to sinplify.

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  8. waves 4
    The reason that you get a smaller number is because it is taking a piece of a piece.

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  9. when you multiply you get a smaller number. the reson is you are tacking a pice of a smaller piece. so intern you get a smaller number.

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  10. Wave 14
    You get smaller number because you take a part of a part.

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  11. Waves6
    When you are multiplying fractions you are taking a piece of the piece, which makes a smaller piece. For example if you take 2/3 and multiply it by 1/4 you will get 1/6 which is smaller than both of the fractions.

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  12. Waves 18
    When you multiply fractions and you get a smaller number, that's because your taking a piece from a piece.
    :)<3

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  13. Waves When you multiply fractions the answer is smaller because you are taking half of a fraction and multiplying on by the other fraction..

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  14. WAVES#23

    When multiplying fractions, the fraction gets smaller because you are taking a peice of a peice. Here is a little problem for a example 2/3 . 2/5 = 4/15

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  15. Waves 16
    When you multiply fractions you get a smaller number because you are taking a piece from a piece so you get a smaller number.

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  16. Waves17
    The reason why the number gets smaller when you are multiplying fractions because u are taking a part from a part and the the fraction gets smaller.

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  17. waves 3

    you get smaller because it is the LCM least conman multiply and because when you multiply you have to simplify the answer lower

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  18. Waves5
    when you find the number sentence you would make a rectangle then whatever number it is you fill in the box and the second fraction you wright the lines horizontally then the ones that were highlight twice is you numerator then you would count the number of boxes then that would be the denominator.

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  19. Waves10
    When you multiply a fraction the # gets smaller because you are pretty much taking a part of the fraction. You are making either a chart for a rectangular model or taking the easy way out like ,Ex. if it's 2/5 X 3/4 you don't have to make the chart you can just go straight and the num. will be smaller, the answer is, 6/20. the # is samller now, and anouther reason is because if it's a half like 1/2 and a quarter like 1/4 the 1/4 seems bigger but it's actually not because a 1/4 is half of 1/2

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  20. Waves #8
    When you multiply fractions and get smaller fractions is because you simplify the fraction.

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  21. Waves 25 when you multiply you get a smaller # because you are taking away a piece from a piece.

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  22. Waves 31
    That is beacuase you are taking a part of a part, like if you cut a piece of cheese into half and cut it again that would be the reason for getting less of an anwser.

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  23. Waves 9

    You get a smaller fraction when you multiply because you take a piece of a piece.

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  24. Waves 21 When you multiply fractions you can get a smaller number because you are takeing piece by piece

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  25. waves1

    the numbers get small because you are taking a part of a part

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