Arithmetic Grade Five

Lesson Ninety-eight: Parts of Wholes

Here's another example: 


  PROBLEM:  

          5/9 of 27 =

  1. DIVIDE THE WHOLE NUMBER BY THE DENOMINATOR IN THE FRACTION:
  
          27 / 9 = 3

  2. MULTIPLY THIS QUOTIENT BY THE NUMERATOR OF THE FRACTION:

         3 x 5 = 15
In the next group of problems you will solve several of these problems.

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