Mom served apple pie. John ate 1/2 of the pie. Thomas ate 1/4 of the pie. How much of the pie was eaten? How Much of the pie is left?
1/2 = 2/4
2/4 + 1/4 = 3/4
4/4 - 3/4 = 1/4
To find out how much of the pie was eaten, we sum up the portions eaten by John and Thomas.
John ate 1/2 of the pie.
Thomas ate 1/4 of the pie.
Let's add the fractions together:
1/2 + 1/4 = 2/4 + 1/4 = 3/4
So, 3/4 of the pie was eaten.
To find how much of the pie is left, we subtract the portion eaten from the whole pie, which is 1 whole.
1 - 3/4 = 4/4 - 3/4 = 1/4
Therefore, 1/4 of the pie is left.
To determine how much of the pie was eaten, we can add the fractions: 1/2 (eaten by John) + 1/4 (eaten by Thomas).
First, let's find a common denominator for the fractions, which in this case is 4.
1/2 can be converted to 2/4 (by multiplying the numerator and denominator by 2) and 1/4 remains unchanged.
Now we can add the fractions: 2/4 + 1/4 = 3/4.
Therefore, 3/4 of the pie was eaten.
To find out how much of the pie is left, we need to subtract the fraction that was eaten (3/4) from 1 (which represents the whole pie).
1 - 3/4 = 1/4.
So, 1/4 of the pie is left.