draw a picture or fold a piece of paper to help find 1/3 of 2/5

Question

I need help with this and explaining it representing the problem

Answer 1

In word (story) problems, the word "of" usually means multiply.

 

This problem asks you to find 1/3 of 2/5.   If we multiply those, we get  (1/3)*(2/5)=2/15

     That way, I know that I will need 15 X's to show this.

 

XXX  XXX  XXX  XXX   XXX         (2/5ths are bold)

XX XX XX                                 (1/3 of them are bold)

 

The answer is 2/15   (2 out of 15)

XX XX XX XX XX XX XX X