Question

Cali baked a box of brownies. she took some to school but left 2/3 at home for her brothers. her brother, todd, had eaten 1/4 of what she left. what portion of the entire pan did todd eat?

Answer 1

1/6 pan

Explanation:

You want to know the portion of the whole represented by 1/4 of 2/3.

Fraction of fraction

Todd ate 1/4 of 2/3 of the pan of brownies. That fraction of the original whole amount is ...

(1/4)×(2/3) = (1·2)/(4·3) = 2/12 = 1/6

Todd ate 1/6 of the entire pan.