Ava's bedroom rug is 2 3/4 feet long and 2 1/2 feet wide. What is the area of the rug?

How do I go about figuring out the answer to the above? It seems to be very extremely complicated.

area is length times width, so it is

(2 3/4)(2 1/2) = (11/4)(5/2) = 55/8 = 6 7/8 ft^2

well, it is hard to multiply mixed numbers, so change them to fractions.

2 3/4 = 2 + 3/4 = 8/4 + 3/4 = 11/4

See other post on multiplying fractions. I can't believe this isn't explained in your text, with examples.

For more examples, remember: google is your friend. You'll find lots of explanations, many of them much more complete than you will get here.

I am sorry but this is confusing and you have me more confused. Can you explain how to multiply 2 3/4 x 2 1/2 in order to figure out (11/4)(5/2) and the rest of what you stated?

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Calculating the area of a rectangular shape, such as Ava's bedroom rug, is actually quite straightforward. To find the area, you simply multiply the length of the rug by its width.

In this case, Ava's bedroom rug has a length of 2 3/4 feet and a width of 2 1/2 feet. To multiply whole numbers mixed with fractions, you can convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions or convert the fractions to their decimal equivalents.

To convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions:
1. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction.
2. Add the numerator to the result.
3. Write the sum over the denominator to get the improper fraction.

For example:
- 2 3/4 can be converted to (2 * 4 + 3) / 4 = 11/4
- 2 1/2 can be converted to (2 * 2 + 1) / 2 = 5/2

Now, we can multiply the length and width using the improper fractions:
Length = 11/4 feet
Width = 5/2 feet

To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together, and multiply the denominators together. The resulting fraction will be the area of Ava's rug.

Area = Length * Width
= (11/4) * (5/2)
= (11 * 5) / (4 * 2)
= 55 / 8

Therefore, the area of Ava's bedroom rug is 55/8 square feet.