Fraction multiples

Question

When asked to find the multiples of a fraction such as 3/4, what should you get back as an answer? In other words how do you determine a multiple of a fraction?

Answer 1

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...

are multiples of 1.

 

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ...

are multiples of 2.

 

1/2, 2/2, 3/2, 4/2, 5/2, ...

are multiples of 1/2.

 

3/4, 6/4, 9/4, 12/4, 15/4, ...

are multiples of 3/4.

Answer 2

Multiple of a fraction, is same as number of time you can add by itself, which is definition of Multiplication as

  repeated addition  .

 

 

 Multiple 2 of 8, or 2 times 8e = 8 + 8 = 8 X 2 = 16

 

 Multiple 2 of 3/4 = 3/4 + 3/4 = 6/4 = 2 X 3/4 = 6/4

 

  Multiple 3 of 1/2  = 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 = 3 X 1/2 = 3/2