Question

Steve buys a large sandwich for a party. He cuts it into thirds and then cuts each third into eight pieces. After he eats three of the pieces, how many pieces of the sandwich are left?

Answer 1

He will have 21 pieces of the sandwich left

Explanation:

Steve buys a large sandwich for a party.

He cuts it into thirds. This means that he cuts it into 3 pieces.

Then, he cuts each third into eight pieces. This means that each of the 3 pieces was cut into 8 different pieces.

Mathematically:

3 * 8 = 24 pieces

After he eats three of the pieces, the number of pieces he has left will be:

24 - 3 = 21 pieces

He will have 21 pieces of the sandwich left.