Question

Max cuts a cake into three equal slices. He eats one half of a piece. What fraction of the cake did he eat?

Answer 1

one - sixth =
`(1)/(6)`

Explanation:

Let the whole cake = 1

lf we divide 1, into 3 parts, we would get;

`(1)/(3)` ,
`(1)/(3)` ,
`(1)/(3)`

Then,

He eats one half of a piece;

A piece is
`(1)/(3)`;

One half of it =
`(1)/(2)` x
`(1)/(3)` =
`(1)/(6)`