Question

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?

Answer 1

1. 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.

So the answer is 2 or 30/15