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there was 2/3 of a pan of lasagna in the refrigerator bill and his friends ate half of what was left write a number sentence and draw a model to represent the problem how much the pan did they eat

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Hi Angeler555412! :)

To find out how much they ate multiply the fractions by each other:
2/3*1/2
2*1=2
3*6=6
2/6 or 1/3

They ate 1/3 of the entire lasagna.

Hope this helps.
-Benjamin

Here is a model to represent the problem:



there was 2/3 of a pan of lasagna in the refrigerator bill and his friends ate half-example-1
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