Question

Marcus baked a loaf of banana bread for a party. He cut the loaf into equal size pieces. At the end of the party, there 6 pieces left. Explain how you can find the number of pieces in the whole loaf if Marcus told you that 1/3 of the loaf was left.

Answer 1

Marcus is left with 6 pieces and 1/3 of the loaf. so  by the problem if x is the whole loaf 1x/3 =6 x =18 . The total pieces of loaves  were 18