Question

Marshall baked two kinds of cakes. Each cake was the same size. He served 1 half of the marble cake. He served 1 third of the lemon cake. If each cake had 6 pieces to​ start, what fraction in sixths of the lemon cake did he​ serve? How many more pieces of the marble cake than the lemon cake did

Answer 1

He served 3/6 of the lemon cake and 2/6 of the marble cake. He served 1 more piece of the lemon cake than marble cake.

Explanation:

A third of 6 is 2 and half of six is 3.