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Katie made two pies for bake sale. One was cut into three equal slices

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Answer:

15 slices

Explanation:

The given question is "Katie made two pies for the bake sale one was cut into three slices and the other was cut into five slices what is the least common number of slice each pie could have ."

One piece is cut into 3 slices

Other piece is cut into 5 slices

We need to find the least common number of slice each pie could have . It means we need to find LCM of the two numbers.

LCM of 3 and 5 = 15

Hence, 15 slice each pie could have .

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