Question

marcus baked a loaf of banana bread for a party. he cut the loaf into equal size pieces. At the end of the party, there were 6 pieces left. explain how you can find the number of pieces in the whole loaf if marcus told you that 1/3 of the loaf was left . use a drawing to show your work

Answer 1

The number of pieces in each loaf is 18

Explanation:

Given :Marcus baked a loaf of banana bread for a party. he cut the loaf into equal size pieces. At the end of the party, there were 6 pieces left.

To Find :Explain how you can find the number of pieces in the whole loaf if Marcus told you that 1/3 of the loaf was left .

Solution :

Let number of pieces in whole loaf be x

Since we are given that 1/3 of loaf is left

⇒
`(1)/(3) x` is left

We are also given that there were 6 pieces left.

⇒
`(1)/(3) x=6`

⇒
`x=6*3`

⇒
`x=18`

Thus the number of pieces in each loaf is 18