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if you have mixed numbers you make them into improper fractions before you multiply

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Q: How is multiplying mixed numbers different than multiplying fractions?
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Is there a trick to multiplying mixed numbers?

you have to turn them into improper fractions before you multiply them.


What are unlike mixed numbers?

the fractions have different denominators


When multiplying mixed numbers and fractions does changing the order of the factors change the product?

No. The commutative and associative laws are valid for any real numbers.


How to multiply mixed numbers?

First change the mixed numbers into improper fractions by multiplying the denominator and the whole number and add the product to the numerator in the mixed numbers and then multiply the numerators and the denominators and divide the numerator by the denominator of the product.


When multiplying two mixed numbers what do you do first?

First you change them into improper fractions. Then you multiply the numerator and the denamanator straight across. ;)


How do you turn a mixed number into a proper fraction?

Mixed numbers cannot be turned into proper fractions, but they can be made into improper fractions by multiplying the integer (# on the side) by the denominator (bottom), and then adding that number to the numerator (top).


How is adding mixed numbers different from adding fractions?

when you add mixed numbers you have a whole number but adding fraction does not.


How do you multipy mixed numbers by mixed numbers?

Change each mixed fraction to an improper fraction. Do this by multiplying the denominator by the whole number next to the fraction and then adding the numerator to the product you get. Once you do this, multiply fractions normally.


Why do you change mixed numbers to improper fractions before multiplying and dividing?

Because common denominators allow adding and subtracting of numerators. Improper fractions also have simplified rules over mixed numbers when performing multiplication and division.


How do you convert mixed fractions into whole numbers?

Mixed fractions can't become whole numbers.


When dividing fractions or mixed numbers?

what is dividing fractions and mixed numebers


How are improper fractions and mixed numbers different to proper fractions?

In case of Proper fractions the numerator is lesser than the denominator. Whereas in case of improper fractions and mixed fractions the numerator is greater than denominator.