Question

You have 6 large candy bars. You want to split each one into thirds. How many candy bar pieces will you then have?

Answer 1

`18\ pieces`

Explanation:

step 1

Divide each large candy bar into thirds

so

`(1)/(3)`

Now for each large candy bar you have 3 pieces of
`(1)/(3)`

step 2

Find the total number of candy bars pieces by proportion

`(1)/(3)(bar)/(pieces) =(6)/(x)(bar)/(pieces)\\ \\x=6*3\\ \\x=18\ pieces`