Josie had 1/6 of an apple pie. She gave 3/5 of what she had to her friend Brian. What fraction of the whole pie did Brian get?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-17T14:25:10

Brian got 1/10 of the whole pie.

We can rewrite this question as:

What is #3/5# of #1/6#?

In mathematics the word "of" means "times" or "to multiply". So we can rewrite our problem as:

#3/5 xx 1/6#

#(3 xx 1)/(5 xx 6)#

#3/30#

#(3 xx 1)/(3 xx 10)#

#3/3 xx 1/10#

#1 xx 1/10#

#1/10#