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.

Answer 1

6×3 because 6 is one third of the whole loaf and 6×3 are 18.

Answer 2

18

Explanation:

We are given that Marcus cut the loaf into equal size pieces.

At the end of the party, there were 6 pieces left.

Marcus told you that 1/3 of the loaf was left.

Let the number of pieces in whole loaf be x

Since we are given that 1/3 of the loaf was left.

So, loaf left =
`(1)/(3) x`

We are also given that there were 6 pieces left.

So,
`(1)/(3) x=6`

`x=6 * 3`

`x=18`

Thus the number of pieces in whole loaf is 18.