Know the Simple Steps of Solving the Multiplying Fractions Problems
Algebra has many hard concepts and formulas. You have to use the difficult steps to solve some problems. However, fractions are not a difficult topic and you should understand the concept of fractions, as it is important in math. Many algebraic equations consist of the fraction, so you must know how to solve fractions. You must know to solve the problems of multiplying fractions. Similarly, you should able to solve the addition and subtraction of the fractions. Then, you can easily solve the algebraic equations that have fractions in the equations. You can know how to multiply two different fractions, further get an easy explanation for it.
Fractions are used in many equations of algebra. It is a common topic, and you should understand the multiplication of fractions. It has commonly three types as the proper fraction, improper fraction, and the mixed fraction. The addition and subtraction of two different fractions are simple. Similarly, it is easy to learn multiplying fractions, and it has three simple steps.
The steps to multiply two fractions:
Step 1: Multiply the numerators of both the fractions. You will get a new numerator.
Step 2: multiply the denominators of both the fractions. Then, you will get a new denominator.
Step 3: if the new numerator and denominator can be simplified further, then do the right simplification. If they are divisible by a common number, so cancel out them by that number and you will get the answer.
Example of multiplying fractions
For example, if you want to solve the problem given below:
1/4 * 8/3
Step 1: So first multiply both the numerators
You will get 8 x 1 = 8 at top.
Step 2: Then, multiply both the denominator
You will get 4 x 3 = 12 at bottom
Step 3: The fraction becomes, 8/12
It can be simplified further as both 8 and 12 are divisible by 4. So it becomes, 2/3
So 2/3 is the right answer of the multiplication. If you follow these steps, you can easily solve the multiplying fractions problems.
How to multiply a whole number and a fraction?
Similarly, if you want to multiply a fraction by a whole number, it is simple. Consider the whole number as the numerator of another fraction and multiply it with the numerator of the fraction. Just place the result of this multiplication at the top of the fraction and keep the number at bottom same. So, you will get a new numerator and keep the denominator unchanged. An example is illustrated below to understand the multiplication of whole number and a fraction
4 * 3/14
If you multiply the whole number i.e. 4 by the numerator of the fraction i.e. 3, you will get 12. Write the fraction as below, 12 * 14
Both the numbers at top and bottom of the fraction are divisible by 2. So the answer is,
6/7
You should know the multiplication of a fraction with another fraction as well as by multiplication of whole number and a fraction. You should practice various problems to get the concept clear. If you follow all these steps, you can easily get the solution of multiplying fractions easily. It can be useful you to calculate the equivalents of a fraction.











