Multiplication of Fractions

Reduce the fractions to simple fractions. Then multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together. If the two numbers are mixed factions (a whole number and a fraction) then multiply the whole numbers together, multiply the fractions together, multiply each whole number by the fraction associated with the other whole number and add the four terms together.

Examples:

(1) Multiply  by  of  of 7.

 

This can be expressed as .

 

(2) Multiply  by .

 

The four terms are:

         (a)

         (b)

         (c)

         (d)

Total: