2/5 and 1/2 If you multyply 5 and 2 you will get 10 which is a common denominator of both numbers (5 and 2) Remember that if you do something to your denominator you must also do it to your numerators. So, 5 multiplied by 2 is 10.... Put both denominators as 10 ?/10 and ?/10 Now think... What multiplied by 5 gave me 10? The answer is 2. So, you multiply 2 and 2 in order to give you 4. Now we have: 4/10 and ?/10 Now you think.... What multiplied by 2 gave me 10? The answer is 5. So you do 1 multiplied by 5 which gives you 5. Now you have: 4/10 and 5/10 Thats the answer!
