Multiplying Two Fractions

Multiplying Two Fractions
Introduction

Fractions represent parts of a whole. Multiplying and dividing fractions helps explain how quantities change when they are scaled, shared, or compared. These skills are import...

Imagine a chocolate bar split into 12 equal pieces. Taking one-half of the bar means choosing 6 out of 12 pieces.

Now you want one-third of those 6 pieces. Dividing 6 pieces into 3 equal groups gives 2 pieces in each group.

So you end up with 2 pieces out of the original 12 pieces, which is the same as one-sixth. One-third of one-hal...