timmy had 1/2 of pizza left over.for lunch,he ate 1/3 of the leftover pizza.how much pizza is now left?
Once he eats half of the pizza, there is one half left. To find one third of one half, you have to multiply the fractions.
1/2 x 1/3
multiply the numerators together, then the denominators together.
1 x 1
------ = ?
2 x 3
This is the same as the answer I gave to your previous post with the same question.
2/3 x 1/2
Multiply the two fractions!
To find out how much pizza is now left, we need to subtract the amount Timmy ate (1/3) from the amount he had left (1/2).
First, let's calculate the amount Timmy ate:
1/2 * 1/3 = 1/6
So, Timmy ate 1/6 of the leftover pizza.
Now, to find out how much pizza is now left, we subtract the amount Timmy ate from the amount he had left:
1/2 - 1/6
To subtract fractions, we need to have a common denominator. In this case, the lowest common denominator is 6.
Rewriting each fraction with a denominator of 6:
3/6 - 1/6 = 2/6
Finally, we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor (which is 2 in this case):
2/2 = 1
Therefore, Timmy now has 1/6 of the original pizza left.