Once he eats half of the pizza, there is one half left. To find one third of one half, you have to multiply the fractions.
1/2 x 1/3
multiply the numerators together, then the denominators together.
1 x 1
------ = ?
2 x 3
This is the same as the answer I gave to your previous post with the same question.
timmy had 1/2 of pizza left over.for lunch,he ate 1/3 of the leftover pizza.how much pizza is now left?
4 answers
1/6
2/3 x 1/2
Multiply the two fractions!