Andrea and her friends love cake. Andrea has two cakes. Each of her friends are going to eat 2/3 of a cake. How many servings of cake does Andrea have?

1 Answer
Sep 12, 2017

3

Explanation:

Since everyone is going to eat 2/3 of a cake, we will picture the cake in elements of third. 1 cake = 3/3, #:.# 2 cakes = 6/3. If every friend eats 2/3, then we need to divide the total amount of cake available by the size of serving.

#6/3 / 2/3 = 3/1#

or #3#