Whole number × fraction
The question
3 ×
- The whole number multiplies the TOP only. The bottom number says how big each piece is, and taking more pieces does not make them smaller.
- 3 × means taken 3 times: + + .
- Every piece is a fifth, and adding more of them does not change their size. So the bottom number stays 5.
- Count the tops: 3 × 2 = 6. That is .
- is more than one whole, and that is fine as an answer.
How it works.
- 01
The whole number multiplies the TOP only. The bottom number says how big each piece is, and taking more pieces does not make them smaller.
- 02
3 × 2/5 means 2/5 taken 3 times: 2/5 + 2/5 + 2/5.
- 03
Every piece is a fifth, and adding more of them does not change their size. So the bottom number stays 5.
- 04
Count the tops: 3 × 2 = 6. That is 6/5.
- 05
6/5 is more than one whole, and that is fine as an answer.