Question

Mary made a small pan of ziti and a small pan of lasagna. She cut the ziti into 8 equal parts and the lasagna into 9 equal parts. Her family ate 2/3 of the lasagna. If her family ate more lasagna than ziti, what fraction of the ziti could have been eaten?

Answer 1

Fractions may be 1/8,1/4,3/8,1/2 and 5/8

Explanation:

2/3 er of 9 lasanga = 2/3 * 9 = 6

They ate 6 lasanga.

It is given that number of ate lasgna is greater than number of ate ziti.

therefore number of ziti is less than 6.

The possible number of ziti are 1,2,3,4,and 5. There are total 8 ziti.

Therefore the fractions may be

1/8

2/8 = 1/4

3/8

4/8 = 1/2

5/8