Question

Tom ate 1/2 of the leftovers. How much pie in all did he eat

Answer 1

1/2+1/2=2/2=1 so 1/2 was eaten and the other half was leftovers.

Answer 2

Answer:
`(1)/(2)=50\%` of pie he eat in all.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Let the total pie is represented by 1.

Part of pie of left over is eaten by Tom is given by
`(1)/(2)`

We need to find the part of left over.

Part of left over would be

`1-(1)/(2)\\\\=(2-1)/(2)\\\\=(1)/(2)`

Hence,
`(1)/(2)=50\%` of pie he eat in all.