Question

@mathmale five-sixths of what number is 4 and 1/3

Answer 1

"of" in this sentence requires that you multiply.

Let the unknown number be x. Then,\[\frac{ 5 }{ 6 }x= \frac{ 13 }{ 3 }\] where 13/3 is the improper fraction equivalent of 4 1/3.

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