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 p
ieces left. If Marcus told you that 1 4 of the loaf was left, how can you find the number of pieces that were in the whole loaf? Complete the explanation. The denominator in 1 4 is , so I will draw circles to show the equal parts. Since pieces are 1 4 of the loaf, I will draw counters in each circle. By multiplying the number of equal parts by the number of counters in each equal part, I know that there were equal size pieces in the whole loaf.
