Fraction Multiplication

Change the fractions with the blue or red sliders.[br]Slide the bottom slider left or right to perform the multiplication operation.
Fraction Multiplication

Fraction Machine

Move the sliders to change the fractions.

Set the purple slider to 1 and move the blue slider. What happens? Now set the blue slider to some number, like 5, and play about with the purple slider. Questions: How many quarters in one? How many fifths in one? Are the areas of the rectangles all equal? What does it mean to divide something into sevenths?

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