Mathematics
Grade6
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Question

Multiply 1 fifth cross times 2 over 10 .

  1. 1 over 25
  2. 2 over 15
  3. 2 over 50
  4. 3 over 4

hintHint:

In fraction multiplication, first we multiply the numerators of the given numbers. This product becomes the numerator of the product. Then we multiply the denominators of the given numbers, which becomes the denominator of the product. Thus, we get a product. Now, in this question we will not get the product in the simplest form so we need to reduce it to the simplest form. To reduce it we need to divide both the numerator and the denominator by the HCF [highest common factor] of both the numbers.

The correct answer is: 1 over 25


Step by step solution:
The way to multiply a fraction is by simply multiplying straight across. The product is also supposed to be a fraction so the numerator of the product will be the product of the numerators of the given numbers and the denominator of the product will be the product of the denominators of the given numbers.
In the given question,  1 fifth cross times 2 over 10 equals 2 over 50
Now, the product that we have got is not in its simplest form. For that we need to divide both the numerator and the denominator by the HCF [ Highest Common Factor] of both the numbers, i.e., 2 in this question.
Hence, 2 over 50 equals 1 over 25
Thus, the correct option is option (a)

In the question, another approach could be that we can reduce 2 over 10 into 1 fifth by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2 which is the HCF of both the numerator and the denominator. Then we simply get 1 fifth cross times 1 fifthequals 1 over 25
Thus, the correct option is option (a)

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