Logical: if there there was only 3 out of 5 objects, and you wanted one of the 3, then you’d have 1 out of the 5 objects!
Mathematical: If you set up 1/3*3/5, you can cross cancel the 3’s, leaving a 1 in the denominator of (1/3) and a one in the numerator of (3/5), since 3÷3=1, leaving you with 1/1*1/5, and anything multiplied by 1 (and 1÷1 is just 1) is always it self, so 1*1/5 leaves you with 1/5
Answers & Comments
1/3 of 3/5 is 1/5.
You can think of this in many ways.
Logical: if there there was only 3 out of 5 objects, and you wanted one of the 3, then you’d have 1 out of the 5 objects!
Mathematical: If you set up 1/3*3/5, you can cross cancel the 3’s, leaving a 1 in the denominator of (1/3) and a one in the numerator of (3/5), since 3÷3=1, leaving you with 1/1*1/5, and anything multiplied by 1 (and 1÷1 is just 1) is always it self, so 1*1/5 leaves you with 1/5
ANSWER
1/5 or 0.2
Explanation:
1/3
———
3/5
1 · 3
———
3 · 5
3 1
= ——— or ———
15 5
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