Question

A pie is divided into 24 equal pieces. Glenn and Violet each ate 1/8 of the pie on Friday. The next day, Violet ate 1/3 of the pie that was leftover. How many pieces of the original pie remain? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Explanation:

We know there are 24 pieces of pie.

Glenn and violet each ate 1/8 of the pie. Since they both had 1/8 of the pie, we need to add the equation.

1/8 + 1/8 = 2/8.

24 × 2/8 = 24 × 1/4, = 6.

24 - 6 = 18.

Violet eats 1/3 of the remaining pie.

So, 18 × 1/3 = 6.

6 pieces of the original pie remain.

Answer 2

14

Explanation:

24/8= 3, so thats 21 peices left.

21/3= 7, so 14 peices of the pie left.