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 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

Answer:

The number of pieces in each loaf is 18

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :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 were 6 pieces left.

To Find :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 .

Solution :

Let number of pieces in whole loaf be x

Since we are given that 1/3 of loaf is left

⇒$\frac{1}{3} x$   is left

We are also given that there were 6 pieces left.

⇒$\frac{1}{3} x=6$

⇒$x=6*3$

⇒$x=18$

Thus the number of pieces in each loaf is 18

Answer 2

The total number of pieces in the loaf is 18:

Draw a rectangle and then divide the rectangle into 3 parts.

Now, divide each section of the rectangle into 6 pieces.

Shade in 6 of the pieces on the rectangle to show how many pieces of the loaf were left.