Enzo and Eric are sharing a pie. If Enzo eats 1/3 of the pie and Eric eats 1/5 of the pie, is there more than 1/2 of the pie remaining?
1/3 = 10/30
1/5 = 6/30
1/2 = 15/30
What do you think?
So the answer is no because there is only 1/2 left and nothing more than that?
You're right that the answer is no.
10/30 + 6/30 = 16/30
That is more than 15/30 so less than 1/2 the pie remains.
no there is only 14/30 of it left
To find out if there is more than 1/2 of the pie remaining, we need to calculate the combined amount of pie that Enzo and Eric ate, and then subtract it from the total pie.
Enzo ate 1/3 of the pie, while Eric ate 1/5 of the pie. To add these fractions together, we need a common denominator. In this case, the smallest number that both 3 and 5 can divide into is 15.
So, let's convert the fractions using the common denominator:
Enzo ate (1/3) * (5/5) = 5/15 of the pie.
Eric ate (1/5) * (3/3) = 3/15 of the pie.
Now we can add up the portions of pie:
Enzo + Eric = 5/15 + 3/15 = 8/15
Therefore, Enzo and Eric ate a combined total of 8/15 of the pie.
To find out if there is more than 1/2 of the pie remaining, we subtract the combined amount they ate from the total amount of the pie (1 whole pie represented as 15/15):
15/15 (total) - 8/15 (ate) = 7/15 remaining
Since 7/15 is less than 1/2 (which is equivalent to 7/15), there is indeed less than half of the pie remaining.
So, the answer to the question is: No, there is not more than 1/2 of the pie remaining.