Help me getting out of this semantic trap, i can't conciliate

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>>8751449
3/4 = three fourths of a whole, but i can't visualize how.

2nd one is 1/4 times 3
1st one is 3/4 times 1

multiplication is associative

wow !

>>8751465
take an object, break it into equal fourths, and only keep 3 of them?

>>8751467
Commutative*

Op is an engineer.

>>8751467
>1st one is 3/4 times 1

3/4*4 not 3/4*1

File: pic 4 op.png (9KB, 684x277px) Image search: [Google]

9KB, 684x277px

>>8751438
does this help?

>>8751535
Soo, first one is 3/4*4 and second is 1/4*3?

>>8751566
it says what it is, just below the drawing

>>8751585
I'm talking about my pic, not yours :E

>>8751593
oh. Then yeah, you drew (3/4)*4, and (1/4)*3.

3/4 = .75 is the same as asking "how many times does 4 go into 3?" well 4 has 4 whole parts (1+1+1+1), and 3 of those go into 3 (1+1+1). that leaves 1 part of 4 that doesn't go into 3, i.e. 3/4 = .75

>>8751438
someone explain this to me.
Is he saying that 3/4 = 4*0.75?

>>8751622
No, i said the two pictures shows the same fraction but i couldn't see any correlation about them, but my mental lapse is now gone, thank you guys,

>>8751438
0.75*4=1.
0.25*4=??
0.75+0.25=??????

>>8752066
>0.75*4=1
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