Question

How do you times unlike fractions ??

Answer 1

With any fraction, no matter what its denominator (bottom part), you multiply the numerators (tops) by each other and the denominators (bottoms) by each other.

For example,

$\dfrac{5}{4} * \dfrac{8}{7} = \dfrac{(5)(8)}{(4)(7)} = \dfrac{40}{28} = \dfrac{10}{7}$