2 Ways to Multiply Mixed Numbers

Multiplying fractions provides an interesting challenge. Put some mixed number into the situation and you could be facing a real bear.

Here’s one way to work the problem $2 \frac{3}{4} \times 8 \frac{1}{7}$ by converting it to mixed numbers:

Or you can use the handing dandy distributive property (or as some might recognize it – FOIL):

Here’s one more for fun:

Thanks to NapNinja4 on MyMathForum for this question.