Question

Jerry bought 2 pies. He cut each pie into 6 slices. Over the week, he ate all of one pie and 2 slices of the ow much of the total slices did he ate.

Answer 1

6/12 + 2/12 = ?

Answer 2

So he was looking at 12 slices

he ate one whole pie (6 slices) + 2 more slices from the second pie.

so he ate 8 slices

Answer 3

if each slice had 6 pieces the first step is to see how many pieces he had in total.
figure it out? he had 12 pieces. if he ate one whole pie which had a total of six pieces he ate half of his total so far 6/12 = 1/2
so for now put that number aside.
if he additionally ate 2/6 slices of the other pie adding onto the total of 2/12, now all that's left is addition.
add 6/12 + 2/12 and that's your answer . Now you can round if wanted or necessary.
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6/12 + 2/12 = 6 + 2 /12 6 + 2 = 8 /12

= 8/12