what is half of 2/3?
kyle &eric have painted 2/3 of a room kyle
painted 1/2 of the room how much of the
room did eric paint ?
It's a matter of subtracting Kyle's portion from
the total that was finished.
x = 2/3 - 1/2
Adding and subtracting fractions requires a
common denominator in both fractions. In this
problem, 6 is the common denominator.
Multiply each fraction by a value that will
convert it to some number of 6ths.
x = ((2/3) * (2/2)) - ((1/2) * 3/3))
2/2 and 3/3 are actually 1, so the value of
the fractions won't change.
x = 4/6 - 3/6 = 1/6
Eric painted 1/6 of the room.