We are asked to give some real-life examples of mixed numbers and write our own problem in which we would multiply mixed numbers. Let's do it! Here are some examples of mixed numbers in the media.
The average American drinks 3 19 cups of coffee every day.
The heaviest watermelon, weighing 350 12 pounds, was grown in 2013 in Tennessee.
The average person can run 1 27 miles without taking a break.
Now let's think of a real-life problem.
Tyron is painting the bottom of his pool. The pool is shaped like a rectangle. It is 5 23 meters long and 3 14 meters wide. Find the area that he is going to paint.
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Solving the problem
Let's solve the problem we wrote!
Tyron is painting the bottom of his pool. The pool is shaped like a rectangle. It is 5 23 meters long and 3 14 meters wide. Find the area that he is going to paint.
The area of the pool is its length multiplied by its width. In this case, it is the product of 5 23 and 3 14. 5 23 * 3 14
We will follow these steps to multiply the mixed numbers.
Now we find our product using the improper factions.
5 23 * 3 14 ⇔ 17/3 * 13/4
We completed Step 1. Notice that there are no common factors between number 17 and 4 or between 3 and 13. This means we can move directly to Step 3. Let's multiply the fractions!
