6. Jeff has ½ a pizza left in the fridge. At breakfast he ate 1/3 of it. What fraction of the original pizza does he have left for lunch?
2/3 * 1/2 = ?
1/2 - 1/3
but you need a common denominator to work it out.
Hint: make equivalent fractions using the common denominator of 6
Thank you PsyDAG!! I totally misread the question : )
I was thinking of hot cheesy pizza instead of math.
To find out what fraction of the original pizza Jeff has left for lunch, we need to subtract the fraction he ate for breakfast from ½.
First, we need to find 1/3 of ½. To do this, we multiply 1/3 by ½.
(1/3) * (1/2) = 1/6
So, Jeff ate 1/6 of the original pizza for breakfast.
To find out what fraction of the original pizza Jeff has left for lunch, we subtract 1/6 from ½.
1/2 - 1/6 = 3/6 - 1/6 = 2/6
Therefore, Jeff has 2/6 of the original pizza left for lunch.