Question

A pie was cut into 8 slices equally. If Ruben ate 3/4 of the pie , how many slices did he eat?

Answer 1

Ruben ate 6/8 pieces because if you reduce 6/8 you would get 3/4 therefore he ate 6 pieces of pie.

Answer 2

He ate 6 slices. There are two methods of doing this, you can multiply the numerator and denominator by 2: $\frac{3}{4}$ • 2 = $\frac{6}{8}$. Or you can multiply 8 by $\frac{3}{4}$ = 6. It means he ate 6 slices out of the 8 slices.