What is 5/3 yards of fabric equal to with a denominator of 6

Answer=10/6yards

  5          ?
___  =
  3          6

to solve for the numerator, we have to see what number was used to get the denominator from 3 to 6.

6/3=2

  5            ?
___   = 
  3    *2    6

so to get the correct number for the numerator, we have to multiply 5 by 2

  5    *2   10 
___  =   
  3   *2     6