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Alvin at 1/3 of a pizza for dinner and took 1/6 of it for lunch the next day . How much pizza does he have left

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the answer to this is 1/3
User Jeiwan
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1/3=2/6

So he ate 2/6ths of the pizza and now there is 4/6ths left.

He took 1/6ths with him for lunch so 4/6-1/6=3/6
You can simplify 3/6 to 1/2

He was 1/2 of the pizza left.
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