Ok, so to multiply a fraction by a mixed number, you simply turn the mixed number into a fraction, and then multiply. So for 2 3/4, 2 multiplied by 4 is 8, and 8+3 is 11, so therefore I multiplied the whole number by the denominator (the number on the bottom of the fraction) and added the result to the numerator (the number on the top.) Ok, so now we have 11/3, and if we were asked to multiply that with 4/8, then we would multiply across, so we would multiply 4 by 11 to get 44 and 9 by 3 to get 24 so our new fraction would be 44/24 and reduce that to 11/6 and then turn it back into a mixed number by dividing 11 by 6 (a fraction like 1/2 actually means 1 divided by 2!) and that gives you 1 remainder 5 or 1 and 5/6 so your final fraction is one and five sixths, or 1 5/6 for that particular problem.
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Convert the mixed fraction to an improper fraction, multiply by the whole number, convert the answer back to a mixed fraction (if required).
Convert the mixed number into an improper fraction then divide the fraction and improper fraction as normal (invert the divisor and multiply) and simplify the result (including converting any improper fraction into a mixed number)
Multiply the fraction's numerator by the whole number, then reduce the improper fraction if necessary.Example : 3/4 x 6= (3 x 6) / 4 = 18/4 = 4 2/4 = 4 1/2
If doing it without a calculator, then convert each mixed fraction into a top-heavy equivalent fraction and then multiply as for fractions.
My strategy for multiplying mixed fractions: what you need to do is turn the mixed number into an improper fraction before you do any thing else. to do that you need to multiply the denominator with the whole number then add the numerator. now that number will be your numerator the denominator stays the same then you do the same to the other mixed fraction turn it into an improper fraction then once both are like that you multiply the numerators together to find the numerator then you multiply the denominators together to get the denominator then simplify your answer to get the right answer.