Question

Zara is serving fresh pie.She starts by cutting the pie in half and then cuts the half into 4 equal pieces. Whta fraction of the whole pie is each piece

Answer 1

STEP-BY-STEP SOLUTION:

Okay, so first she starts off with one pie as displayed below:

Slice of pie = 1

Then she cuts it into half so:

Slice of pie = 1 ÷ 2 = 1 / 2

After that, she cuts the half into four so:

Slice of pie = ( 1 / 2 ) ÷ 4 = 1 / 8

ANSWER:

Therefore, the answer is:

The fraction of the whole pie which each piece is, is: 1 / 8.

Answer 2

`(1)/(8)`

Explanation:

when she cuts the pie in half, each piece she has is
`(1)/(2)` of the total pie, and if she then cuts that
`(1)/(2)` in four pieces, each piece now is:

`(1)/(4) *(1)/(2)=(1)/(8)`

This can be better understood with the attached image, where the pie is first cut in half and then each half is cutted in four, so in total there are 8 pieces of pie, an each one is equivalent to
`(1)/(8)` :