Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{11}{2}+3\frac{m}{5}m^2+5m& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{11}{2}+\frac{3m}{5}m^2+5m \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{11}{2}+\frac{3m^3}{5}+5m \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{6m^3+55}{10}+5m \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{6m^3+50m+55}{10}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $3$ by $ \dfrac{m}{5} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3m }{ 5 } $. Step 1: Write $ 3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 3 \cdot \frac{m}{5} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{m}{5} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3 \cdot m }{ 1 \cdot 5 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3m }{ 5 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{3m}{5} $ by $ m^2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3m^3 }{ 5 } $. Step 1: Write $ m^2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{3m}{5} \cdot m^2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3m}{5} \cdot \frac{m^2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3m \cdot m^2 }{ 5 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3m^3 }{ 5 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Add $ \dfrac{11}{2} $ and $ \dfrac{3m^3}{5} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 6m^3+55 } }{ 10 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ④ | Add $ \dfrac{6m^3+55}{10} $ and $ 5m $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 6m^3+50m+55 } }{ 10 }$. Step 1: Write $ 5m $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |