Multiplying the common ordinary fractions: - 10/21 × 9/24 = ? The multiplication process explained. The result written: As a negative proper fraction (the numerator < the denominator). As a decimal number. As a percentage
- 10/21 × 9/24 = ?
Simplify the operation
Reduce (simplify) the fractions to their lowest terms equivalents:
To fully reduce a fraction, to the lowest terms equivalent: divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor, GCF.
* By reducing the values of the numerators and the denominators of the fractions the calculations are easier to make.
A fully reduced (simplified) fraction is one with the smallest possible numerator and denominator, one that can no longer be reduced, and it is called an irreducible fraction.
* In order to easily reduce a fraction, factor its numerator and denominator. This way all the common prime factors are easily identified and crossed out, without calculating the GCF.
10/21 is already reduced to the lowest terms.
The numerator and denominator have no common prime factors.
Their prime factorization:
10 = 2 × 5
21 = 3 × 7
9/24 =
32/(23 × 3) =
(32 ÷ 3)/((23 × 3) ÷ 3) =
(32 ÷ 3)/(23 × 3 ÷ 3) =
3(2 - 1)/(23 × 1) =
31/(23 × 1) =
3/(23 × 1) =
3/8
Rewrite the equivalent simplified operation:
- 10/21 × 9/24 =
- 10/21 × 3/8
Perform the operation of calculating the fractions
Multiply the fractions:
1) Multiply the numerators, that is, all the numbers above the fractions bars, separately.
2) Multiply the denominators, that is, all the numbers below the fractions bars, separately.
* Factor all the numerators and all the denominators in order to easily reduce (simplify) the end fraction.
- 10/21 × 3/8 =
- (10 × 3) / (21 × 8) =
- (2 × 5 × 3) / (3 × 7 × 23) =
- (2 × 3 × 5) / (23 × 3 × 7)
Fully reduce (simplify) the end fraction to its lowest terms equivalent:
Calculate the greatest common factor, GCF,
of the numerator and denominator of the fraction:
A fully reduced (simplified) fraction is one with the smallest possible numerator and denominator, one that can no longer be reduced, and it is called an irreducible fraction.
To fully reduce a fraction, to the lowest terms equivalent: divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor, GCF.
* To calculate the GCF, we need to factor the numerator and the denominator of the fraction into prime factors.
Then multiply all the common prime factors: if there are repeating prime factors we only take them once, and only the ones having the lowest exponent (the lowest powers).
GCF (2 × 3 × 5; 23 × 3 × 7) = 2 × 3
Divide the numerator and the denominator by their GCF:
- (2 × 3 × 5) / (23 × 3 × 7) =
- ((2 × 3 × 5) ÷ (2 × 3)) / ((23 × 3 × 7) ÷ (2 × 3)) =
- (2 ÷ 2 × 3 ÷ 3 × 5)/(23 ÷ 2 × 3 ÷ 3 × 7) =
- (1 × 1 × 5)/(2(3 - 1) × 1 × 7) =
- (1 × 1 × 5)/(22 × 1 × 7) =
- 5/(22 × 7) =
- 5/(4 × 7) =
- 5/28
Rewrite the fraction
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
- 5/28 =
- 5 ÷ 28 ≈
- 0.178571428571 ≈
- 0.18
As a percentage:
A percentage value p% is equal to the fraction: p/100, for any decimal number p. So, we need to change the form of the number calculated above, to show a denominator of 100.
To do that, multiply the number by the fraction 100/100.
The value of the fraction 100/100 = 1, so by multiplying the number by this fraction the result is not changing, only the form.
- 0.178571428571 =
- 0.178571428571 × 100/100 =
( - 0.178571428571 × 100)/100 =
- 17.857142857143/100 ≈
- 17.857142857143% ≈
- 17.86%
The final answer:
written in three ways
As a negative proper fraction:
(the numerator < the denominator)
- 10/21 × 9/24 = - 5/28
As a decimal number:
- 10/21 × 9/24 ≈ - 0.18
As a percentage:
- 10/21 × 9/24 ≈ - 17.86%
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