- Reduce: 8/48
= 4/24 = 2/12 = 1/6
- Multiply: (3/4)(5/4) = ?
15/16
- Multiply: (1/2)(2/3)(3/4) = ?
6/24 = 1/4 (note: you could cancel the 2's and 3's to get 1/4 as
well)
- Divide: (2/3)/(5/6) = ?
= (2/3)(6/5)
= 12/15
= 4/5
- Divide: (5/4)/(1/4) = ?
= (5/4)(4/1) (now cancel the 4's)
= 5
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