Tim and Sue share a small pizza. Tim eats 2/3 of the pizza. Sue eats half as much of the pizza as Tim does. What fraction of the pizza does Sue eat?
if she ate half as much as tim that means she ate 1/3
Using the property of fraction subtraction to solve the problem. Then the pizza Sue eats is 1/3.
A fraction number is a number that represents the part of the whole, where the whole can be any number. It is in the form of numerator and denominator.
Given
Tim and Sue share a small pizza.
Tim eats 2/3 of the pizza.
Sue eats half as much of the pizza as Tim does.
Let x part of the pizza be eaten by Sue.
Pizza was eaten by Sue + Pizza was eaten by Tim = one pizza
Then the equation will be
\(\rm x + \dfrac{2}{3} = 1\)
On solving the equation, we have
\(\rm x = \dfrac{1}{3}\)
Thus, the pizza Sue eats is 1/3.
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