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3
The shaded pieces represent of the entire rectangle. Notice that
8
this answer can be found by multiplying the numerator of the
1
fraction by 3 and retaining the denominator.
8
1 21 2
Example 1 2
5
5
or
5
2 23 6
Example 2
7
3
7
or
7
3 43
Example 3 4
11
11
12 1
11
or 1
11
The last step of the process in each example above shows that
multiplying a fraction by a whole number is accomplished by
multiplying the whole number times the numerator and keeping the
same denominator.
1 1 1 1
Example 4
3
5
35
or
15
1 1 1 1
Example 5
4
7
47
or
28
1 1 1 1
Example 6
9
3
93
or
27
1
4
The shaded region represents the product of the fractions. Point out
that it is one of the 12 regions of equal size into which the square is
divided. Since each side of the square represents a length of 1, the
square has an area of 1 square unit. Therefore, the shaded region
1 1 1 1
represents the fraction .
12
The model shows that
3
4
.
12
2 4 24
Example 7
3
7
37
8
21
4 3 43
Example 8
5
8
58
12 3
40
or
10
7 5 75
Example 9
10
8
10 8
35 7
80
or
16
The two segments are then used as adjacent sides of a square and
the marks are used to divide the square into 15 regions of equal
size. The region formed by the two darkened parts of the segments
is then shaded.
2
5
End of
Lesson