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What is 5 times 1/4?

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Naomi Bridges-Jones

First what you would need to do is make 5 a fraction. We do this simply by placing a 1 on the denominator, since 5 divided by 1 is just 5.


Now we have:


5/1 x 1/4


When multiplying fractions, all you need to do is multiply your numerators and multiply your denominators separately.


So for the numerator, you would do 5 x 1 = 5

And for the denominator, you would do 1 x 4 = 4.


Therefore, 5 x 1/4 = 5/4, aka five quarters.

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Charlie

5 x 1/4 =

5/1 x 1/4 =

5 x 1 = 5

1 x 4 = 4

therefore

= 5/4 or 1 1/4

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Gideon Effiong

1/4 can be equally expressed as 0.25.

5x0.25 equals 1.25

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Okonkwo Chisom

5 x 1/4 = 5/1 x 1/4 = 5/4 = 1.25

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5 times a 1/4 is 5/4 or 1.25

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5*1/4

You can convert 5 to (5/1). Thus you will have (5/1)*(1/4). Multiply the numerators and denominators to derive (5*1)/(1*4)=5/4. This can further be written as 1.25.

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5/4, which is the same as 1 and 1/4

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In decimals, the answer is 1.25, or as a fraction, the answer is 1 1/4

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So you would need to times 5( which is the same as 5/1) with the fraction 1/4, to multiply fractions, you need to multiply both numerators and denominators. So that would be, (5*1)/(1*4) which is 5/4 or in mixed fractions, a whole and a quarter.

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The answer is 1.25

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Hanae

5 whole converted to a fraction is 5/1, we proceed by multiplying numerators together and denominators together, the answer is 5/4

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Aysha Namazi

firstly, convert the 5 into a fraction and place it over 1(so now it will be 5/1). Then, times the numerators by each other (5x1) (4x1). The answer is 5/4.

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When multiplying a fraction by an integer, we can re-write the integer as a fraction over 1. So, 5 multiplied by 1/4 becomes: 5/1 x 1/4. Now we multiply the numerator of both fractions together and the denominators of both fractions together. This becomes: (5 x 1) / (1 x 4) = 5/4

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Jamie Howard

= (5*1)/4 = 5/4 = 1.25

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5 times 1/4 is essentially 1/4 added 5 times. 1/4 is 0.25, 4 times 0.25 is 1, plus 0.25 would be 1.25.

5*1/4 = 5/4=1.25

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