Jerry bought 2 pies. He cut each pie into 6 slices. Over the week, he ate all of one pie and 2 slices of the ow much of the total slices did he ate.
6/12 + 2/12 = ?
if each slice had 6 pieces the first step is to see how many pieces he had in total.
figure it out? he had 12 pieces. if he ate one whole pie which had a total of six pieces he ate half of his total so far 6/12 = 1/2
so for now put that number aside.
if he additionally ate 2/6 slices of the other pie adding onto the total of 2/12, now all that's left is addition.
add 6/12 + 2/12 and that's your answer . Now you can round if wanted or necessary.
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6/12 + 2/12 = 6 + 2 /12 6 + 2 = 8 /12
= 8/12
To find out how many slices Jerry ate, we need to calculate the total number of slices in 2 pies and subtract the number of slices he didn't eat.
First, we need to determine the total number of slices in 2 pies. Since each pie was cut into 6 slices, we multiply 6 by 2: 6 slices/pie x 2 pies = 12 slices.
Next, we subtract the 2 slices Jerry didn't eat from the total number of slices: 12 slices - 2 slices = 10 slices.
Therefore, Jerry ate 10 slices out of the total 12 slices.
So he was looking at 12 slices
he ate one whole pie (6 slices) + 2 more slices from the second pie.
so he ate 8 slices