document.write( "Question 836563: Find another name for the given number, but with the denominator indicated. Use multiplication by 1? 6/7 = ?/49? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Ask yourself this question:\r\n" );
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document.write( "What does the denominator, 7, on the left of the equal sign\r\n" );
document.write( "have to be multiplied by to get the denominator, 49, on the right\r\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is 7, since 7 times 7 is 49.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now ask yourself another question.\r\n" );
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document.write( "How do you make 1 using two 7's?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: put one seven over the other, like this \r\n" );
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document.write( "So multiply  by , which changes the looks of\r\n" );
document.write( "the fraction , but it cannot change the value because \r\n" );
document.write( "multiplying by 1 cannot change the value, just the looks:\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the number that goes where the question mark is, is 42.\r\n" );
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