Question

Using Repeated Addition with Unit Fractions
Use repeated addition to find the product of the factors.
5 x 1/2
Since the denominators are the same, add the numerators. ________

This can be written as a mixed number. _________

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Answered by GPT-4o mini
To find the product of \( 5 \times \frac{1}{2} \) using repeated addition, we can interpret the multiplication as adding \( \frac{1}{2} \) five times.

So, we can express this as:

\[
\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2}
\]

Since the denominators are the same, we can add the numerators:

\[
\frac{1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1}{2} = \frac{5}{2}
\]

This can be written as a mixed number by dividing the numerator by the denominator:

\[
\frac{5}{2} = 2 \frac{1}{2}
\]

So, the final answers are:

Since the denominators are the same, add the numerators. **\(\frac{5}{2}\)**

This can be written as a mixed number. **\(2 \frac{1}{2}\)**

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