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Horst pulled pizza out of the oven and cut it into 4 equivalent pieces. He ate two of them. his sister came in and cut one of the remaining pieces into three smaller, equivalent pieces. She ate two of the small pieces.

A What fraction of the pizza did each of them eat?
B.What fraction of the pizza is left.?

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Answer: Brother ate 1/2, sister ate 1/6

Pizza left 1/3

Explanation:

The first person ate ½.

Sister cut ¼÷3 = ¼× ⅓= 1/12

She ate 2/12 = ⅙

Left 1/4 + 1/12 = 4/12 = 1/3

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