MATH - SCIENCE INTEGRATION

bullet1 MULTIPLYING RATIONAL NUMBERS

bullet2 Review of Steps

To multiply rational numbers you multiply (across)
       numerator       times     numerator      over
            denominator     times     denominator


bullet3 Simplified Fraction

     5   x   7   =    5 x 7   =  35
     8       11       8 x 11      88


bullet3 Reduce Fraction

 9    x    4   =    9 x 4    =   36   =  3    
10         6        10 x 6        60       5    
(Reminder: There is no need to reduce before you multiply because your calculator will do this for you.)