Jarrels goal is to be half finished with the book he is reading by friday. By wednesday he has read 1/3 of the book.How much more does he need to read to meet his goal?

1/2 = 3/6

Take it from there.

I don't get it

He wants to be 3/6 finished with the book.

He's already read 2/6.

How far does he have to read to meet his goal?

1/6?

Right. :-)

To find out how much more Jarrel needs to read to meet his goal, we first need to determine the fraction of the book he wants to be "half finished" by Friday. Since "half finished" means 50%, we can express this as a fraction by writing it as 1/2.

Now, let's calculate how much Jarrel has already read by Wednesday. We are given that he has read 1/3 of the book.

To find out the remaining fraction he still needs to read, we need to subtract the fraction he has already read from the fraction he wants to be "half finished" by Friday:

1/2 (desired fraction) - 1/3 (fraction already read)

We need to find a common denominator for these fractions, which in this case is 6. So the equation becomes:

3/6 - 2/6 = 1/6

Therefore, Jarrel still needs to read 1/6 of the book to meet his goal by Friday.