Can some one teach me how to multiply and divide fractions?
the easiest way to explain this is through examples (as you said) to multiply, you multiply straight accross a/b*c/d = ac/bd 1/2*1/3 = 1/6 2/1*1/3 = 2/3 5/2*4/7 = 20/14 don’t forget to reduce fractions after multiplying by dividing the numerator and denominator by any factors they have in common (for instance, divide the numerator and denominator of 6/4 by 2 to get 3/2) to divide multiply by the other fraction’s reciprocol. A fraction’s reciprocol is basically that fraction upside down examples of a reciprocol: a/b -> b/a 1/3 -> 3/1 744/692 -> 692/744 examples of division (1/3)/(1/2) = 1/3 * 2/1 = 2/3 (1/3)/(1/2) = 3/1 * 1/2 = 2/3 the above two examples are not a typo, they are meant to illustrate that it doesn’t matter which fraction’s reciprocol is taken.
