Question

I have 2/3 0f 4 1/3 how much more do i need to equal 4 1/3 ?

Answer 1

`1 4/9`

Explanation:

First, find out what `2/3` of `4 1/3` is.

`2/3xx4 1/3=2/3xx13/3=26/9=2 8/9`

Next, find the difference.

`4 1/3-2 8/9=4 3/9-2 8/9=1 4/9`

Answer 2

`1 4/9`

Explanation:

Let's first work this through with an easier set of numbers.

Let's say that there is a series of books you are reading. There are 3 books in the set. You have `2/3` already - how many more books do we need to get to 3 books?

We can do this a few ways, but I'll point out that if we already have `2/3` of the books, we need the other `1/3`. With our books, that's:

`3xx1/3=3/3=1` book more.

And so now to the question - we want `4 1/3` in total and we already have `2/3` of that. So we need the other `1/3`. We can calculate it this way (I'll convert the mixed number to an improper fraction first):

`4 1/3 xx 1/3=13/3xx1/3=13/9=1 4/9`

So we already have `2 8/9` and once we have the other `1 4/9`, we'll indeed have:

`2 8/9+ 1 4/9=3 12/9=4 3/9=4 1/3`