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"Sometimes you can simplify fractions before you multiply them. How would you simplify 3/16 x 5/24 before finding the product?"

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Zepdrix

You can look for a factor of a 3 or 5 within the values 16 and 24.
24 can be factored as 3*8.
So you can break up the 24 in that way before multiplying,
and then have the 3's divide evenly out,
leaving you with a simpler problem.
\(\rm \frac3{16}\cdot\frac5{24}\quad=\quad \frac{3\cdot5}{16\cdot24}\quad=\quad \frac{3\cdot5}{16\cdot3\cdot8}\quad=\quad \frac{5}{16\cdot8}\)

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