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Monica and her friends had 6/8 of an apple pie left. The 8 friends decided to cut up the leftover pie. If they all had am equal piece, howuch pie did each of them get?

User Kastaneda
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1/8 of left
left=6/8

'of' means multiply
1/8 of 6/8 means 1/8 times 6/8=6/64=3/32

each got 3/32 pie
User Nik Graf
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They should all get 2 pieces.

If you cut up 6 pieces you will be left with 12. 12/6=2