Unit Square Area Model
Visual representation of 1/2 x 1/4.
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The area of the shaded region represents the product of the fractional side lengths.
Understand fraction multiplication as finding a part of a part, visualized through area models.
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Tortoise walking for a fraction of an hour.
Aaron's pet tortoise walks at a very slow pace. It covers just kilometre in 1 hour.
But what if it only walks for half an hour?
Visual representation of 1/2 x 1/4.
The area of the shaded region represents the product of the fractional side lengths.
The general formula for multiplying fractions.
Finding 5/12 x 7/18.
Find the product of .
Apply formula to simple fraction pairs.
What is the product of ?
Find the area of a rectangle with fractional sides.
Find the area of a rectangle of sides ft and ft.
State the initial measurements given in the problem.
Convert both mixed numbers into improper fractions before multiplying.
Write the expression to multiply the two improper fractions.
Multiply the numerators together and denominators together, or cancel common factors first.
Provide the final simplified whole number with its proper units.