Why is the product of 4/5 x 10 less than 10?

Answer 1

The fraction 4/5 is less than 1. It is equivalent to 80% or 80/100.

If you think of a fraction in terms of a pizza, the top number is how much you eat and the bottom number is how much you start with.

So if you have 10 pizzas all cut into 5 slices, and you only eat 4 of each one, you would eat a total of 40/50 pieces, which would be 8 total pizzas (5x8=40).

Hope that helps!