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Will the product of 2 2/5 x 1/6 be larger or smaller than 2 2/5

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Answer:

Smaller

Step-by-step explanation:

2 2/5 * 1/6 = 2/

5

= 0.4

Conversion a mixed number 2 2/

5

to a improper fraction: 2 2/5 = 2 2/

5

= 2 · 5 + 2/

5

= 10 + 2/

5

= 12/

5

To find a new numerator:

a) Multiply the whole number 2 by the denominator 5. Whole number 2 equally 2 * 5/

5

= 10/

5

b) Add the answer from previous step 10 to the numerator 2. New numerator is 10 + 2 = 12

c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 12) over the denominator 5.

Two and two fifths is twelve fifths

Multiple: 12/

5

* 1/

6

= 12 · 1/

5 · 6

= 12/

30

= 2 · 6/

5 · 6

= 2/

5

Multiply both numerators and denominators. Result fraction keep to lowest possible denominator GCD(12, 30) = 6. In the following intermediate step, cancel by a common factor of 6 gives 2/

5

.

In other words - twelve fifths multiplied by one sixth = two fifths.

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