Celia lives 2/3 mile from the train station. Dino lives 1/5 the distance that Celia lives from the station. How far does Dino live from the train station?
You convert the fractions so that they will have the same denominator because you can't multiply if the denominators aren't the same. - 2/3 times 5/5 which equals 10/15 - 1/5 times 3/3 which equals 3/15 2. Now that the denominators are the same we can multiply the fractions. - 10/15 times 3/15 equals 30/15 3. Since we have the answer we need to simplify and 30/15 simplified is 2.