two and one half (2 1/2)
When you are multiplying two fractions, you need to multiply by the reciprocal. This means you would flip 1/3 (one third) and make it 3/1 (three over one). Then you would multiply across.
So, 5/6 times 3/1 would equal 15/6, or 2 1/2.
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Oh yes, one third is quite a bit smaller than five sixths. To compare, we can convert one third into two sixths. So five sixths is fully three sixths (equal to one half) larger than a third.
11/14
14 divided by five sixths = 84/5 or 164/5
Five sixths of 18 would equal 15.
Five-sixths is equal to approximately 83.33% as a decimal.