Billy will share his cake with 3 friends. Each person will get a fourth. He hands out 1 piece. He eats 1 piece. How many pieces does he have left?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 1
There were 4 pieces
he ate one, leaving three in his hand
then he gave one away, leaving two in his hand
I don’t know? Sorry
I think it’s C someone reply to this
To determine how many pieces of cake Billy has left, we need to follow the given steps and perform some calculations.
1. Billy shares his cake with 3 friends, so there are a total of 4 people who will each receive a fourth (1/4) of the cake.
2. Billy hands out 1 piece of cake, so one person receives their share.
3. After distributing the first piece, there are 3 remaining pieces of cake, since there were originally 4 pieces (1 whole cake divided into 4 equal parts) and 1 piece was given away (1 - 1 = 0 remaining).
Now, let's calculate how many pieces of cake Billy has left after eating one piece.
4. We have 3 remaining pieces, and Billy decides to eat 1 piece. Since he eats a piece, we subtract 1 from the number of remaining pieces: 3 - 1 = 2.
Therefore, Billy has 2 pieces of cake left.
The correct answer is A. 2.