Question

Marcus baked a loaf of banana bread fora party . He cut the loaf into equal size pieces . At end of the party , there were 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 .Use a drawing to show your work.

Answer 1

8 Is total of a whole piece of a whole. So 3 were token from the whole.