A basketball player is 6 2/3 feet tall. His infant son is 1/4 as tall. How tall is his son?
To find the son's height, we will multiply the basketball player's height of 6 2/3 feet by 1/4.
First, convert 6 2/3 into an improper fraction:
6 2/3 = (6*3 + 2)/3 = 20/3
Then multiply the improper fraction by 1/4:
20/3 * 1/4 = (20*1)/(3*4) = 20/12 = 5/3
Thus, the son is 5/3 feet tall.
To find out how tall the son is, you need to multiply the height of the basketball player by 1/4.
1/4 * 6 2/3 feet
To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together and the denominators together:
1 * 6 = 6
4 * 3 = 12
So, the product is 6/12.
To simplify the fraction, find the greatest common divisor of the numerator and denominator, which is 6:
6/12 = (6 ÷ 6)/(12 ÷ 6) = 1/2
Therefore, the son is 1/2 as tall as the basketball player.
In terms of feet, if the basketball player is 6 2/3 feet tall, the son would be:
1/2 * 6 2/3 feet
To multiply a whole number and a fraction, convert the whole number to a fraction by giving it a denominator of 1:
1 * 3 = 3
2 * 1 = 2
So, the product is 3/2.
To add the whole number part and the fraction part, perform mixed number addition:
6 + 3/2 = 12/2 + 3/2 = 15/2
Therefore, the son is 15/2 feet tall or 7 1/2 feet tall.