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Can multiplication ever make a number smaller?
Certainly, if you multiply fractions for instance.
How can you use models to multiply fractions?
No, you cannot use models to multiply fractions!!
Why do you invert fractions?
When you divide by fractions, you invert and multiply.
When you multiply fractions do you multiply the denominator?
yes. you multiply the numerator and denominator
Why can you multiply two decimal numbers together and get an answer less than either one of the numbers you multiplied?
For the same reason that you can multiply two proper fractions and get a smaller number than either of them. You are multiplying either decimal by a number that is smaller than 1. As a result you get an answer that is smaller than 1 times the first number.
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