Question

Jade is painting a rectangular wall. The wall is 4 1/4 yards long and 2 2/3 yards high. The formula for the area of a rectangle is A=bh. What is the area of the wall? Enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest form by filling in the boxes.

Answer 1

so remember that (a/b)(c/d)=(ac)/(bd)

convert to imporoper number for easy

4 and 1/4=4+1/4=16/4+1/4=17/4

2 and 2/3=2+2/3=6/3+2/3=8/3

length times base=17/4 times 8/3=

(17 times 8)/(4 times 3)=

136/12=

34/3=

33/3+1/3=

10+1/3=

10 and 1/3 square yards

area is 10 and 1/3 square yards