Question

Jared ate 1/4 of a loaf of bread. He cut the rest of the loafinto 1/8-loaf slices. How many slices of bread did he cut?

Answer 1

Jared ate 1/4 of the bread.

The amount of bread left is therefore:

`1\text{ - }(1)/(4)\text{ = }(3)/(4)`

3/4 of the bread is left.

He then cut this into 1/8 loaf slices.

To find how many he cut, we simply have to divide 3/4 by 1/8:

(3 / 4) / (1/ 8) =

`\frac{3}{4\text{ }}\cdot\text{ }(8)/(1)\text{ = 6}`

Therefore, he cut 6 bread slices of the 1/8-loaf slice.