This skill teaches how to multiply mixed fractions by first converting them into improper fractions. After conversion, multiply the numerators together and the denominators together to get a new fraction, which can then be simplified or converted back to a mixed number if necessary.
Multiplying mixed fractions
Test your understanding of multiplying mixed fractions by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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Let's multiply these mixed fractions
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First make them into improper fractions. We now have 11 over 7, multiplied by 8 over 5
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Multiplying top and bottom, we get 88 over 35
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Which simplifies to 2, and 18 over 35