Operations on Rational Numbers - Multiplication
a. Multiplication of a Rational Number with a Positive Integer.
To multiply a rational number with a positive integer
- we simply multiply the integer with the numerator and
- the denominator remains the same.
Example
b. Multiply of a Rational Number with a Negative Integer
To multiply a rational number with a negative integer
- we simply multiply the integer with the numerator and
- the denominator remains the same
- the resultant rational number will be a negative rational number.
Example
c. Multiply of a Rational Number with another Rational Number
To multiply a rational number with another rational number
- we have to multiply the numerator of two rational numbers and
- multiply the denominator of the two rational numbers.
Examples
