{"id":44,"date":"2015-05-10T03:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T03:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/mathematics\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2018-09-18T17:44:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T17:44:07","slug":"multiplying-fractions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/mathematics\/fraction\/multiplying-fractions\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiplying Fractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"678\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qmfXyR7Z6Lk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The above Youtube Video explains how to multiply fractions nicely.<\/p>\n<p>Multiplying fractions is a little less complicated than adding fractions.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s work the following problem involving fractions:<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 X 1\/4<\/p>\n<p>The first step is to multiply the two top numbers (the numerators).<\/p>\n<p>1 X 1 = 1<\/p>\n<p>The second step is to multiply the two bottom numbers (the denominators)<\/p>\n<p>2 X 4 = 8<\/p>\n<p>So our answer then is 1\/8<\/p>\n<p>Simple, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The above Youtube Video explains how to multiply fractions nicely. 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