Mrs. Li baked a cherry pie for her 3 sons to share equally. She cut the pievinto 6 slices. What fraction of the pie did each son get? If each son only ate half of his share, what fraction of the whole pie was left over?
1/3 for each son.
if each ate 1/2 of his share, then 1/2 of the pie was eaten, leaving 1/2 uneaten.
You can see that the number of slices does not matter here.
To find the fraction of the pie that each son received, we need to divide the total number of slices by the number of sons.
In this case, Mrs. Li cut the pie into 6 slices and she has 3 sons. To find the fraction for each son, we divide the total number of slices (6) by the number of sons (3):
6 slices ÷ 3 sons = 2/3 slices per son.
Therefore, each son received 2/3 of the pie.
Now, let’s calculate the fraction of the whole pie that was left over.
Each son ate only half of his share, which means they each ate 1/2 * 2/3 = 1/3 of the pie.
To find the fraction of the pie that was left over, we subtract the fraction each son ate from the whole pie:
Whole pie - Fraction each son ate = 1 - 1/3 = 2/3.
So, there was 2/3 fraction of the whole pie left over.