document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=84622>Question 84622</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> question:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " to multiiply 2 1/2 X 3 1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "can you multiply 2x3 and 1/2 by  1/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "why does this not work </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "can you multiply 2x3 and 1/2 by  1/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The short answer is no.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To solve this problem you need 2 1/2 times the 3 and 2 1/2 times the 1/4.  The easiest way to solve this problem is to make them improper fractions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 1/2 = 2+ 1/2 = 4/2 + 1/2 = 5/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 1/4 = 3 + 1/4 = 12/4 + 1/4 = 13/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the problem now looks like<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/2 X 13/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now you can multiply 5x13 to get 65<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then you multiply 2x4 to get 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so you end up with 65/8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can simplify this further.  We know that 8*8 is 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "65/8=64/8+1/8 = 8+1/8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer is 8 1/8 </SPAN>\n" );
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