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When two numbers multiply the result is increases but when you mutiply .5 and.5 the answer get decreases that is .25 how?
The number .5 means half. So, if you take half of something, that is less than the entire thing, right? And half of half is a quarter. Multiplication only makes numbers larger when you multiply numbers that are greater than one. If you multiply by one the number doesn't change. If you multiply by less than one, you make the number smaller.
To find the area of a right triangle multiply height by what?
One-half the base.
How do you multiply one half times five?
(1/2)5=2.5
How do you find the one fourth half and three fourth of two numbers?
one fourth: divide the number by 4, or multiply it by 0.25half: divide the number by 2, or multiply it by 0.5 three fourths: multiply the answer to the first by 3, or multiply the original number by 0.75
What is three multiplied by one half?
do you own a calculator? so 1.5 is half of 3, so you multiply 3 by two, and take away half of three: 4.5
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