Nov 6, 2016 ... This I s a short video demonstrating diagonal cancelling in the process of multiplying fractions.

What is cross-cancellation? It's a way to make multiplying and dividing fractions easier. You can cross-cancel systematically, or use some shortcuts.

Nov 28, 2011 ... Tim Bedley, veteran teacher, gives a mini lesson to remind students how to solve multiplication of fraction problems more easily by ...

Feb 6, 2021 ... Forgive me but I have always been behind with math and algebra. I'm trying to solve 2/y-8 = 1/y-2 when I looked it up it says to cross ...

Jun 16, 2016 ... Learn how to simplify fraction multiplications before you multiply. This is frequently called cancelling or cross-cancelling.

Dec 27, 2023 ... Well, to cross multiply them, you multiply the numerator in the first fraction times the denominator in the second fraction, then you write that ...

Sep 22, 2006 ... And no, don't flip the second fraction and multiply, that's another trick! :-) Dan Boland 23 Sep 06. That grid just seems bizarre to me. But if ...

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Jan 8, 2024 ... When we MULTIPLY two fractions, diagonal cancellation is legal, but in a proportion, NOT LEGAL Explain the allowed and not allowed cancellation ...

Mar 17, 2023 ... If the numbers that make up the diagonal have a greatest common divisor that is different from 1, then we divide both numbers by their GCM and ...