Geneva rode her bike a total of 2 1/2 miles from her house to school. First she rode 4/5 mile from her house to the park. Then s
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now when you multiply a number by a value that's lesser than 1, that number decreases, for example 2 and then we multiply it by something like 1/4, so 2 * 1/4 = 1/2, well, clearly 1/2 is smaller than 2, so 1/2 is a decreased value of 2.
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we have here 4/7, and then a product, well, the product is 4/7 and 9/10, however 9/10 is less than 1, recall 1 = 10/10, 9/10 is just a tiny bit less than 1.
because we're multiplying 4/7 by some amount less than 1, the product is a smaller value than 4/7, thus
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we have here 5/6 and we multiply it by 7/7, wait a minute!!! 7/7 = 1, we're really just multiplying 5/6 by 1 then, what does that give us? well, 5/6 * 1 = 5/6, just the number itself,