Answer:
Smaller
Step-by-step explanation:
2 2/5 * 1/6 = 2/
5
= 0.4
Conversion a mixed number 2 2/
5
to a improper fraction: 2 2/5 = 2 2/
5
= 2 · 5 + 2/
5
= 10 + 2/
5
= 12/
5
To find a new numerator:
a) Multiply the whole number 2 by the denominator 5. Whole number 2 equally 2 * 5/
5
= 10/
5
b) Add the answer from previous step 10 to the numerator 2. New numerator is 10 + 2 = 12
c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 12) over the denominator 5.
Two and two fifths is twelve fifths
Multiple: 12/
5
* 1/
6
= 12 · 1/
5 · 6
= 12/
30
= 2 · 6/
5 · 6
= 2/
5
Multiply both numerators and denominators. Result fraction keep to lowest possible denominator GCD(12, 30) = 6. In the following intermediate step, cancel by a common factor of 6 gives 2/
5
.
In other words - twelve fifths multiplied by one sixth = two fifths.
