LESSON 8 Multiply Two Fractions

Mr. Moreno presented his class with this problem:

of a pizza has sausage. of that section of the pizza has mushrooms, too. What fraction of the pizza has both sausage and mushrooms?


Nicholas's Way

Here is how Nicholas used fraction circle pieces to model . First he showed of a whole, the part of the pizza that has sausage.

He saw that 4 aqua pieces covered the 2 orange pieces. He showed of with 3 aqua pieces. This was the part of the pizza that had both sausage and mushrooms.

Nicholas thought about the whole pizza again. He saw that of is of the whole. of the whole pizza has both sausage and mushrooms.

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    1. Is the product of and greater than or less than ? Why?
    2. Is the product of and greater than or less than ? Why?
    3. Does Nicholas's answer make sense? How do you know?