Question

Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 4 5/8 inches and a width of 1/2 inch? Is it A. 16/37 in2, B. 37/16 in2, C. 37/2 in2, D. 37/8 in2.

Answer 1

Area is length times width.  Our length and width are 4 5/8 and 1/2 respectively, so the formula for the area is $A=4 \frac{5}{8}* \frac{1}{2}$.  It will be easier to get that mixed fraction into an improper one and then multiply the fractions straight across the top and straight across the bottom.  $A= \frac{37}{8}* \frac{1}{2}$.  Doing that multiplication gives us $A= \frac{37}{16}$,  choice B.