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What does the word product mean in math?
A product is the answer when you multiply the two factors (or numbers).
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How do you simplify and multiply 3/4 X 12/25 to get the product?
Show slash marks and divide 12 and 4 by 4 to get the product of 9/25.
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What is the first step you take in finding the product of 4 3/5 X 5?
The first step you take in finding the product is to change 4 3/5 into a fraction of 23/5.
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Show me four ways to write the symbols for "twelve divided by four".
Here are "four ways with symbols to write "twelve divided by four": 12 ÷ 4 12/4 (show 2 other ways on white board as symbols are not here)
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Rufus and his 4 dog buddies have to share 3 large bones equally. How much of one bone does each dog get?
X= 3 ÷ 5= 3/5 Each dog gets 3/5 of a bone.
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What is an example of a mixed number?
A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction, like ...(
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How do you simplify and multiply 7/9 X 6/48 to get the product?
Show slash marks and divide 6 and 9 by 3, and 7 and 49 by 7 to get the product of 2/21.
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How do I change the mixed fraction 6 3/4 into a fraction? What is the fraction?
You change the mixed fraction by multiplying the whole number 6 times the denominator 4, and then add the numerator 3. Fraction is 27/3.
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Is 7 X 5/9 equal to 7/1 X 5/9? Explain your answer.
7 X 5/9 is equal to 7/1 X 5/9. 7 and 7/1 are equal because 7 divided by 1 is 7.
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Vang has 1/2 hour to do his math of 6 problems. How long, in hours, does he spend on each problem, if he spends an equal amount of time on each problem?
x= 1/2 ÷ 6 = 1/2 x 1/6= 1/18hour
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What are equivalent fractions?
An equivalent fractions are ones that have the same value or are equal, like...(give examples)
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What is the product of 4 X 3/7?
The product of 4 X 3/7 is 12/7 or 1 5/7.
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If you multiply a whole number W, by another whole number, will the product be greater than or less than W?
It will be greater than the W, because you are combing more that one whole copy of W.
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What are in the equation of
9 X 2/5=18/5?
9 and 2/5 are called the factors.
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Of the videos in Sam's collection 11/25 are fiction. Of these fiction videos, 1/3 are historical nonfiction. What fraction of Sam's collection are historical fiction?
11/25 X 1/3= 33/75 are historical nonfiction.
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What is an equation?
An equation is a statement that shows that two expressions are equal...(give example)
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What is the product of 1 3/4 and 2 1/4?
The product of 1 3/4 and 2 1/4 is 7/4 X 9/4 = 63/16=
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If you multiply a fraction a/b that is less than 1 by another fraction less than 1,will the product be greater than or less than a/b?
It will be less than a/b because you are taking a part of a/b or part of a fraction.
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Without multiplying tell whether the product will be greater than or less than the second factor
2/3 x 1/7=n
n is less than 1/7 because you are taking a part of 1/7.
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Ms. Bria has a licorice whip 30 feet long. She wants to cut it into pieces for each of her wonderful 20 students that are of equal length. How many pieces can she cut if each piece is 1/2 foot long? How many pieces each will her students get?
20 ÷ 1/2 = 20 x 2/1= 40/1=40 pieces.
Each student will get 2 pieces because 40 pieces/20 students= 2 pieces each |
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What is an expression?
An expression is numbers and/or variables with one or more operations that does not include an = sign...(give example)
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When you simplify what are you making?
When you simplify you are making an equivalent fraction.
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Show three ways with symbols to write 'two times five"
Here are three ways with symbols to write
'two times five": 2 X 5 2 * 5 2 (dot) 5 |
Without multiplying tell whether the product will be greater than or less than the second factor
12/4 x 4/8= N
n is greater than 4/8, because 12/4 is more than 1.
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Sharon has 4 sticks of gum. This is 1/3 the number of sticks of gum that Maria has How many sticks of gum does Maria have? Hint: will it be more or less than what Sharon has?
It will be more sticks than Sharon has. g= 4 ÷ 1/3= 4 x 3/1=12/1=12 sticks of gum for Maria
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