A math question for you, i'm so slow...haha Options

[xstab.my.heartx]

what's the answer to

2/3 x 3/4 divided by 1 2/3

and


2 1/2 divided by 5/6 divided by 1 2/3


...?

[silver-rain]

For the first one:
2/3 x 3/4 is 1/2.
(Because you can multiply across and get 6/12, which reduces to 1/2. Or, you can cancel out the 3's and multiply across, getting 2/4, which also reduces to 1/2).
(1/2)/ (5/3- which is 1 2/3) is also equal to 1/2 x 3/5, since to divide fractions, you multiply by the reciprocal. You would get 3/10, which cannot be further reduced.

Second one:
2 1/2 is 5/2, 1 2/3 is 5/3
(5/2) / (5/6) is (using the method of dividing fractions I explained above) 5/2 x 6/5. That equals 6/2, which is 3.
3/ (5/3) is also equal to 3 x 3/5, which is 9/5. You can simplify that into 1 4/5.

Did that help at all?

[xstab.my.heartx]

Yea, thanks.

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^ On that note.

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