It is asking you to multiply five-eighths by two-thirds.
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- Read the question and then read it again. What is it asking you to do?
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- Draw
and shade .
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- Split the eighths into thirds and find of the shaded area.
This area is shown with darker shading.
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- To work out the answer, count the sections in the large rectangle (24). This gives the denominator.
Then, count the number of dark blue sections (10). This gives the numerator.
Can the fraction be simplified?
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This can be simplified by dividing the numerator and the denominator by two.
- When you understand what is happening, you can multiply using a quicker method.
Multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together.
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5 × 2 = 10
8 × 3 = 24
- What is your answer? Check your working.
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