Aaron and Alex are hanging out after school at Aaron's house. They found 3/4 of a package of crackers and ate 1/2 of them. What fraction of the package did they eat?
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Multiply the two fractions.
Are you sure
Yes. What do you get when you multiply the two fractions? Does the answer make sense to you?
I dont get it
Do you know how to multiply fractions?
Yes but since it said ate doesn't it mean subtract
Too figure out a fraction of a fraction you multiply them together.
No.
You must multiply those fractions.
You must multiply those fractions.
Your question states that they ate a fraction of a fraction. The word "of" means multiply.
If you subtract 2/4 from 3/4, you'd get 1/4. Yet obviously they ate more than 1/4 of the package.
If you subtract 2/4 from 3/4, you'd get 1/4. Yet obviously they ate more than 1/4 of the package.
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