00:02
So let's just take two thirds times six, right? this is a simple fraction, and we're going to multiply it times a whole number.
00:09
Well, all you do is you take this whole number and you multiply at times the numerator.
00:14
Let me say that again.
00:16
You take the whole number and multiply it to the numerator so that this becomes two times six over three.
00:26
Okay? then you would have 12 divided by 3, which is going to give you 4, right? this is 12 divided by 3, which is 1.
00:32
Which gives you four.
00:34
Now that is kind of, in my opinion, the longer way and the harder way of doing it.
00:41
The easier way, in my opinion, is to take this whole number and divide it first by the denominator.
00:50
And the reason is because if i multiply this time as the numerator, i'm gonna end up with a bigger number.
00:55
And a lot of times those bigger numbers are not on my times tables.
00:59
And that just makes it harder for me to think about and for me to compute, because small numbers are easier to work with than big numbers.
01:06
So what i'm going to do instead is do six divided by three.
01:12
And what i'm doing, honestly, in my head is i'm skipping to this section right here, where i'm saying how many times does three go into six? well, three goes into six two times.
01:22
So what i'm saying is ultimately i have two times two, which is four...